Rivers
Elevations
Depressions
Coastline
Potpourri
100
the triangular or fan-shaped piece of land made by deposits of mud and sand at the mouth of a river
What is a delta
100
a hill at the foot of higher hills or mountains
What is a foothill
100
A long depression of the earth's surface, usually between ranges of hills or mountains
What is a valley
100
flat, low-lying land adjacent to a seacoast
What is coastal plain
100
dry land with few plants and little rainfall
What is desert
200
a river flowing into a larger stream or lake
What is a tributary
200
a mountain all by itself
What is a mountain peak
200
an opening made by splitting or separation
What is a rift
200
a piece of land nearly surrounded by water, or sticking out into the water
What is a peninsula
200
a fertile or green spot in a desert
What is an oasis
300
a river branch flowing away from the main stream
What is a distributary
300
a usually rounded height of land, lower than a mountain
What is a hill
300
a deep narrow valley with steep sides, often with a stream flowing through it
What is a canyon
300
a part of an ocean or sea extending into the land
What is a gulf
300
a wide stretch of water with many scattered islands
an archipelago
400
a stream bed that is usually dry except during the rainy season
What is a wadi
400
a broad flat area of high land
What is a plateau
400
a hollow area in the surface of the land or in the ocean floor
What is a basin
400
a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
What is an isthmus
400
a spring or well
What is en or ein
500
a largely flat land area created from soil carried from highland regions and deposited by a river over a long period of time
What is an alluvial plain
500
land in regions of wide temperature range that is dry, usually rather level, and covered with grass
What is steppe
500
a deep closed valley with steep walls, usually drained by a wadi, found in the Negev desert of Israel and the Sinai peninsula of Egypt
What is a makhtesh
500
a narrow channel connecting two large bodies of water
What is a straight
500
a landscape formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks, characterized by sinkholes and caves.
What is Karst topography
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