a raised landform, not as high as a mountain
What is a hill?
land along the ocean
What is the coast?
the steep, rocky face of a bluff
What is a cliff?
hill or ridge of sand heaped up by the wind
What is a dune?
a large stream of water that drains an area of land and flows into another river or body of water; usually fresh water
What is a river?
What is a glacier?
the shore of an ocean or a lake that is covered by sand or pebbles
What is a beach?
high, flat landform with steep sides; larger than a mesa
What is a plateau?
a body of water completely surrounded by land
What is a lake?
natural raised part of the Earth's surface, usually rising more or less abruptly and has a peak
What is a mountain?
a deep, hollowed out area under the Earth's surface
What is a cave?
Just because a river has a mouth, it does not necessarily have one of these deposits of sand, silt, and pebbles
What is a delta?
What is a delta?
the border of any stream, not the place you keep your money
What is a bank?
any inlet of an ocean, sea or lake that extends into the land; smaller than a gulf
What is a bay?
a slow, sluggish stream that meanders through lowlands and marshes
What is a bayou?
the hilly area at the base of a mountain
What are foothills?
a large, level area of land
What is a plain?
the edge of a body of water
What is a shoreline?
Hawaii is an example of this landform.
What is an archipelago?
water bordering on, and lying within, a curved coastline; usually larger than a bay and smaller than a sea; sometimes nearly surrounded by land
What is a gulf?
an indentation on a shoreline, usually leading to an enclosed body of salt water, such as a sound, bay, lagoon or marsh
What is an inlet?
shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by barrier islands or reefs
What is a lagoon?
highest part of a hill or mountain
What is the summit?
piece of land nearly surrounded by water and attached to a larger area of land
What is a peninsula?
This landform, a small stream or creek emptying into a larger stream, shares its name with a part of a tree.
What is a branch?
What is a volcano?
the bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano
What is a crater?
body of water surrounded by land, but smaller than a lake
What is a pond?
any of the largest connecting bodies of salt water on the earth's surface; usually Atlantic, Pacific, Indian & Arctic
What is an ocean?
a chain of connecting mountains
What is a mountain range?
a deep, narrow inlet of the sea, between high, rocky banks
What is a fjord?
the point where a river empties and ends its course
What is a river mouth?
What is a mesa?
Not all of these landforms are grand, but they are deep, narrow valleys with steep sides, often with a river flowing through them.
What is a canyon? (or, What are canyons?)
a raised landform, not as high as a mountain
What is a hill?
a small, sheltered bay in the shoreline of any body of water
What is a cove?
the pointed top of a mountain higher than surrounding points
a long, narrow bank of sand in a body of water
What is a sandbar?
the part of a stream or river where the water flows very swiftly over rocks
What are rapids?
What is a cape?
a steep bank beside a body of water
What is a bluff?
projecting point of rock, usually perpendicular
What is a crag?
a narrow, relatively shallow strip of water or the deeper part of a stream or body of water which is navigable
What is a channel?
an opening through hills or mountains used as a route for travel
What is a pass?
a narrow passage between steep mountains or hills; a steep, rocky ravine
What is a gorge?
a stream or river that flows into another stream or river
What is a tributary?
What is a waterfall?
an area of land between hills or mountains
What is a valley?
the pointed top of a mountain higher than surrounding points, but not necessarily the highest point of the mountain
What is a peak?
a body land completely surrounded by water
What is an island?
an area of rolling land along the foot of a mountain range
What is a piedmont?
The Continental is a famous one of these elevated boundaries between areas that are drained by different river systems.
What is a divide?
the expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its landmasses; or a body of saltwater
What is the sea?
What is a reef?
a long narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed
What is a ridge?