Landforms 1
A group of islands
Archipelago
A piece of land that is surrounded by water
Island
A large, low area of flat land with few trees
Plain
A naturally made empty space in a rock.
cave
A very dry area of land that receives no more than 25 centimeters of rain a year.
desert
A high rock with a sudden and steep drop.
cliff
A long piece of land surrounded on three sides by water
Peninsula
A low area between hills or mountains
Valley
A large mass of ice that moves very slowly down a mountain or through a valley
Glacier
An area of land that rises over 969 feet from the surrounding land
mountain
A fan-shaped deposit of sand and mud at the mouth of a river
Delta
It is formed when a flowing river cuts a deep valley and forms steep walls.
canyon
A cone-shaped hill or mountain formed by lava and ash; may be active or extinct
Volcano
A large group of mountains
Range
Any stream of fresh water flowing by gravity from an upland source into a body of water or another river
River
Sicily is a(n)
island
A place in a desert with enough water to support vegetation.
Oasis
A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas
Isthmus
Szekszárd has a lot of these, grapes are grown here.
hills
It is a continuous body of salt water that is contained in an enormous basin on Earth's surface.
ocean
Mount Fuji is a
volcano
What kind of landfrom is Italy?
peninsula
The Bahamas are an
archipelago
Balaton is a
lake
The Nile is the longest ... in the world.
river