Water Formations
Landforms by Water
Maps
Landforms 1
Landforms 2
100
a body of salt water that covers nearly 3/4th of the Earth's surface
What is an ocean?
100
an area of land surrounded by water but smaller than a continent
What is an island?
100
a list of symbols that represent something on a map
What is a map key?
100
a dry, barren region where only a few special kinds of plants can grow without an artificial water supply
What is a desert?
100
a large area of level or rolling treeless land
What is a plain?
200
a natural stream of water larger than a brook or creek
What is a river?
200
a group of small islands
What is an archipelago?
200
a figure used to display the cardinal directions on a map
What is a compass rose?
200
a series of mountain ridges alike in form, direction and origin
What is a mountain range?
200
a broad flat area of high land that is near a mesa
What is a plateau?
300
a part of a large body of water extending into the land that is smaller than a gulf
What is a bay?
300
a piece of land in the shape of a triangle made by deposits of mud and sand at the mouth of a river
What is a delta?
300
north, south, east and west
What are the 4 cardinal directions?
300
a fertile or green spot in a desert
What is an oasis?
300
a large flat area surrounded by mountains
What is a valley
400
an artificial waterway for boats
What is a canal?
400
chain of rocks or ridge of sand at or near the surface of the water
What is a reef?
400
northwest, southwest, northeast, southeast
What are the intermediate directions?
400
a hill with a flat top and steep sides, smaller than a plateau
What is a mesa?
400
a deep valley with high steep slopes
What is a canyon?
500
a narrow channel of water connecting two bodies of water
What is a strait?
500
a piece of land extending out into a body of water
What is a peninsula?
500
the size of a picture, plan, or model of a thing compared to the size of the thing itself
What is a scale?
500
a narrow strip of land, connecting two larger areas of land
What is an isthmus?
500
a harbor where ships load and unload cargo
What is a port?
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