Dry Land
Hill of sand or sediment, formed and shaped by wind.
A body of water completely surrounded by land.
What is a lake?
The area of land that is built up over time by sediment being deposited by a river.
What is a delta or alluvial fan?
A body of land surrounded on three sides by water.
What is a peninsula?
The bluffs were formed by this action.
What is weathering (specifically physical weathering)?
A small pool of water found in a desert.
What is an oasis?
Fresh water that trickles or pours out of the ground.
What is a spring?
A body of land completely surrounded by water.
What is an island?
A low area of land between higher land in a V shape.
What is a valley?
The Sawtooth Mountains in northern Minnesota was formed by this large body of slow moving snow and ice.
What are glaciers?
A very large flat piece of land, that is higher elevation than the surrounding land.
What is a plateau?
A body of water that contains grasses, brush, cattails, etc.
What is a pond or marsh?
A narrow passage of water that connects two larger bodies of water?
What is a channel or strait?
A tall land form that has high elevation and high relief, created by tectonic plates colliding or a volcano.
What is a mountain?
Southwestern and central Minnesota has many of these flat landforms covered in prairie grasses.
What are plains?
A small table top elevated land, that is higher than the surrounding land and is eroded by wind and water.
What is a mesa?
The start of a river.
What is the source or headwater?
A body of salt water that is mostly cut off from the ocean.
What is a gulf or sea?
A steep sided gap in the land, carved by a river.
What is a canyon?
These are low relief "rolling" land forms, often turned into agriculture in Minnesota.
What are hills?
A small section of high elevation land eroded by wind and water.
What is a butte?
Land that goes out into the water in a point, often forming a hook.
What is a cape?
A large group of islands.
What is an archipelago?
A narrow piece of land that connects two large bodies of land, with water on both sides.
What is an isthmus?
If you went hiking in Minnesota, you may want a map that has these lines on them.
What are topographic lines or contour lines.