Mountains and Hills
What is a mountain?
What is a plain?
A large body of water surrounded by land on all sides
What is a lake?
A deep, narrow valley with steep sides, often formed by a river.
A raised area of land, not as high as a mountain
A flat, raised area of land that is higher than surrounding land
What is a plateau?
A flowing body of water that moves into a larger body of water
What is a river?
A landform created when magma erupts from Earth’s surface.
What is a volcano?
The highest point of a mountain
A long, low area of land between hills or mountain ranges
What is a valley?
What is an island?
A sandy area along the edge of an ocean or lake.
What is a beach?
A chain of mountains connected together
What is a mountain range?
A dry area of land having very little rainfall or plant life
What is a desert?
A piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides
A large area of salt water that covers most of Earth.
What is an ocean?
The tallest mountain in the world
What is Mount Everest?
A deep narrow valley usually with steep sides and river flowing through it
What is a canyon?
A body of water partly enclosed by land smaller than a gulf
What is a bay?
A triangle-shaped deposit of soil at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta?