Landforms 1
Continental Shelf
The world's largest flat top mountain is found in Colorado. Its name is the Grand ______, after its landform name.
Mesa
The 7 largest land masses
Continents
Alligators live in these fresh water wetlands
Swamps
Swamps are a type of these landforms
The mermaid got stuck in this because she couldn't get over the sandbar and back into the deep water.
Lagoon
Large masses of slowly moving ice
Glaciers
Cold, flat, treeless plain
Tundra
A wide channel that connects two larger bodies of water
Strait
A flat highland with a steep face
Plateau
These were created by glaciers and are narrow sea inlets.
Fjords
The most famous of these landmarks is the _________ located at the mouth of the Nile River.
Isolated hill with steep sides and flat top
Butte
The state of Hawaii consists of multiple islands an is an example of this type of landform.
Archipelago
This landform is larger than a bay and is part of a sea or ocean that is surrounded by land.
Gulf
North America is connected to South America by the ___________________ of Panama.
Isthmus
The English _____________ connects the Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea.
Channel
We live in these low places between the Appalachian Mountains.
Valley
A high point of land that extends into a body of water
Cape
A steep rock face
Cliff
A body of water partly enclosed by land
Bay
The lost and dehydrated man was ecstatic to find this in the middle of the desert.
Oasis
There are 10 states that are all very flat and make up the region in the United States known as the Great _________________.
Plains
An area of land surrounded by higher portions of land that drain into it
Basin
This is a very grand American landmark that consists of a valley and steep sides.
Canyon