LandformsLandforms

BayBay

Part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally smaller than a gulf.

Tampa Bay

CanyonCanyon

Deep and narrow Deep and narrow valley with valley with steep wallssteep walls

Boulder Canyon

Grand Canyon

ChannelChannel

Wide strait or Wide strait or waterway waterway between two between two landmasses landmasses that lie close that lie close to each other; to each other; deep part of a deep part of a river or other river or other waterwaywaterway

English Channel

ContinentContinent

One of the seven One of the seven large landmasses large landmasses on the earthon the earth

DeltaDelta

Flat, low-lying Flat, low-lying land built up land built up from soil from soil carried carried downstream downstream by a river and by a river and deposited at deposited at its mouthits mouth

Ganges River Delta

DivideDivide

Stretch Stretch of high of high land land that that separatseparates river es river systemssystems

EquatorEquatorAn imaginary line that runs around An imaginary line that runs around the earth halfway between the the earth halfway between the North and South Poles; used as the North and South Poles; used as the starting point to measure degrees starting point to measure degrees of north and south of latitude.of north and south of latitude.

GulfGulfPart of a large Part of a large body of water body of water that extends into that extends into a shoreline, a shoreline, generally larger generally larger and more deeply and more deeply indented than a indented than a baybay

Persian Gulf

HarborHarbor

A sheltered place A sheltered place along a shoreline along a shoreline where ships can where ships can anchoranchor

IslandIslandLand area, Land area, smaller than a smaller than a continent, continent, completely completely surrounded by surrounded by waterwater

IsthmusIsthmusNarrow stretch Narrow stretch of land of land connecting two connecting two larger land larger land areasareas

LakeLake

A sizable A sizable inland inland body of body of waterwater

MountainMountainLand with steep Land with steep sides that rises sides that rises sharply from sharply from surrounding land, surrounding land, generally larger generally larger and more rugged and more rugged than a hill.than a hill.

Mount Everest

Mount Kilimanjaro

Mountain Mountain RangeRange

A series of A series of connected connected mountainsmountains

Himalayas

Andes Mnt Range

Mouth (River)Mouth (River)

Place where a Place where a stream or stream or river flows river flows into a larger into a larger body of waterbody of water

OceanOceanOne of the four One of the four major bodies of major bodies of salt water that salt water that surround the surround the continents.continents.

PeninsulaPeninsulaBody of land Body of land jutting into a lake jutting into a lake or ocean, or ocean, surrounded on surrounded on three sides by three sides by waterwater

Malay Peninsula

Apennine Peninsula

PlainPlain

Area of level Area of level land, usually land, usually at low at low elevation elevation and often and often covered with covered with grassesgrasses

RiverRiver

Large natural Large natural stream of stream of water that water that runs through runs through the landthe land

SeaSea

Large body Large body of water of water completely completely or partly or partly surrounded surrounded by landby land

SoundSound

Broad inland body of Broad inland body of water often between a water often between a coastline and one or coastline and one or more islands off the coastmore islands off the coast

StraitStraitNarrow Narrow stretch of stretch of water joining water joining two larger two larger bodies of bodies of waterwater

TributaryTributary

Small Small river or river or stream stream that flows that flows into a into a large river large river or stream, or stream, a branch a branch of a riverof a river..

VolcanoVolcanoMountain or hill Mountain or hill created as liquid created as liquid rock and ash erupt rock and ash erupt from inside the from inside the earthearth

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BasinBasin CapeCape CliffCliff DownstreamDownstream GlacierGlacier HillHill LatitudeLatitude LongitudeLongitude LowlandLowland MapMap MeridianMeridian

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