Landform Part I
Landforms Part 2
Landforms Part 3
Landforms Part 4
Landform Part 5
100
Part of a sea or ocean that reaches into the land; usually larger than a bay.
What is a gulf?
100
High, rocky land, usually with steep sides and a pointed or rounded top, higher than a hill.
What is a mountain?
100
A ridge of rock or sand at or near the surface of the water.
What is a reef?
100
A river or stream that flows into a larger river or stream.
What is a tributary?
100
A cone shaped mountain formed out of rock or ash thrown up from inside the earth, frequently with an opening or depression at the top.
What is a volcano?
200
An area of hills, plateaus, and mountains.
What is a highland?
200
A raised part of the earth's surface with sloping sides; old mountains which because of erosion has become rounder and shorter.
What is a hill?
200
A large body of water; usually salt water, partly or completely surrounded by land.
What is a sea?
200
A narrow waterway connecting two larger bodies of water.
What is a strait?
200
Place where running water makes a sheer drop, usually over a cliff
What is a waterfall?
300
Half of the earth usually referred to as eastern or western; northern or southern
What is a hemisphere?
300
Piece of land that extends into a body of water and is surrounded on three sides by water.
What is a peninsula?
300
A wide channel connecting two bodies of water or an inlet between the mainland and islands.
What is a sound?
300
An area of land that is always soaked with water; low, wet land that supports grass and trees.
What is a swamp?
300
An area of low and usually level land
What is a lowland?
400
The highest ridge of land separating river basins
What is a divide?
400
Flat highland area with one steep face; elevated plain
What is a plateau?
400
The source (of a river)
What is the place where a river or stream begins?
400
A large stream of water flowing through the land into a lake, ocean, or other body of water.
What is a river?
400
A flat-topped hill or mountain.
What is a mesa?
500
A fracture in the rocks along which there has been movement.
What is a fault?
500
A large plains region with tall grass
What is a prairie?
500
The regular rising and falling of the water of the oceans and waters connected to the ocean.
What is a tide?
500
Low land between hills or mountains.
What is a valley?
500
1. Place where a river empties into a larger body of water; the end of a river. 2. A broad, flat or gently rolling area; usually low in elevation 3. A small part of a body of water that reaches into a coast. 4. The flow of a stream of water.
1. What is a mouth (of a river) 2. Plain 3. Inlet 4. Current
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