Landforms 101

Landforms 101 • Landforms are categorized by ______, changes in elevation. • relief

Landforms 101 • A piece of land surrounded entirely by water. • Island

Landforms 101 • A narrow neck of land connecting two larger pieces of land. • Isthmus

Landforms 101 • A long narrow valley between cliffs often with a stream flowing through it. • Canyon

Landforms 101 • A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides. • Peninsula

Landforms 101 • An area of flat land elevated above the surrounding land. • Plateau

Landforms 101 • A group or chain of islands. • Archipelago

Landforms 101 • Low land between hills or mountains. • Valley

Landforms 101 • A broad, flat area with few changes in the landscape. • Plain

Landforms 101 • A long, inland cliff or steep slope. • Escarpment

Landforms 101 • A hollow or bowl shaped depression in the earth. • Basin

Landforms 101 • Land built up by deposits at the mouth of a river. • Delta

Landforms 101 • One of the Earth’s large bodies of land • Continent

Landforms 101 • Land that is directly next to a sea or ocean. • Coast

Landforms 101 • A point of land jutting out into a body of water. • Cape

Waterbodies 101 • An inland body of water larger than a pond or pool. • Lake

Waterbodies 101 • A natural stream of water larger than a creek. • River

Waterbodies 101 • A narrow waterway connecting two larger bodies of water. • Strait

Waterbodies 101 • A glacial valley flooded with seawater. • Fjord

Waterbodies 101 • A river that empties into another river • Tributary

Waterbodies 101 • A waterbody surrounded on three sides by land • Bay

Waterbodies 101 • The place where a river empties into a sea or ocean. • Mouth

Waterbodies 101 • A narrow opening into the coastline of a sea, ocean, or river. • Inlet