Name the Landform
Name the Landform
What is the definition?
Where is it found in CA?
100

An area of flat, low land

Plain

100

a body of salt water smaller than an ocean

sea

100

river

a large stream of water that flows across the land

100

volcano

mount shasta, mount lassen

200

A steep drop in a stream or river

waterfall

200

the highest kind of land

mountain

200

penninsula

land that is surrounded by water on three sides

200

desert

Mojave Desert, Great Basin, Death Valley

300

part of sea or ocean extending into the land, usually larger than a bay

gulf

300

a ridge of sand, rock, or coral near the surface of the ocean

reef

300

lake

a body of water with land on all sides

300

sea level

Pacific Ocean

400

the line on a mountain where trees cannot grow

timberline

400

stream or river that flows into a larger river

tributary

400

valley

low land between hills or mountains

400

Ocean

Pacific Ocean on the western coast

500

a triangle shaped area of land at the mouth of a river

delta

500

an area of high, mostly flat land

plateau

500

island

land surrounded by water on all sides

500

bay

SF Bay, Monterey Bay...

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