Landform terms

History - 9/16/26

A marine ridge or reef consisting of coral or other organic natural material

Coral reef

A vast body of salt water

Ocean

Artificial waterway for navigation and/or irrigation

Canal

Land area formed by soil that is deposited at the mouth of a river

Delta

A large, exposed area of rock that dates back billions of years

Shield

Narrow point of land that extends into a body of water

Cape

Piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides

Peninsula

Generic term for elevated region

Highland

A large, bowl -shaped depression in the surface of the land or ocean floor

Basin

Chain of islands

Archipelago

Part of a body of water that is partly enclosed by land

Bay

Dry region, little to no rain

Desert

Narrow channel that connects two large bodies of water

Straight

Land area saturdated with water

Wetland

Place where a river begins

Source of a river

Broad area fairly level land that is generally close to sea level

Plain

type of glacier formation, usually smaller than an ice sheet

Ice cap

Stream or small river that flows into a larger stream or river

Tributary

Major land masses of the earth

Continent

Large area of high, flat, or gently rolling land

Plateau

Arm of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land, usually larger than a bay

gulf

Extended mass of ice, constrained or controlled by topography

Glacier

Deep narrow valley with high steep sides

Canyon

Body of sal water that is smaller than an ocean

Sea

A treeless plain noted for extreme cold and frost

Tundra

A group of mountains or hills usually in a line

Range

Narrow strip of land koining two large land areas or joining a peninsula to a mainland

Isthmus

High steep rugged land area that rises sharply above land

Mountain

Body of water surrounded by land

Lake

Grassland or shrub land with no trees and extreme temperature swings

Steppes