LANDFORMS

VALLEY

• A valley is a low area between hills, often with a river running through it.
• There are lots of valleys in India. One is in Alakananda Valley,Uttarakhand India

PLAIN

• Large area of flat land with few trees
• The Great Plains is an example of a plain. It lies west of the Mississippi

REEF

• A ridge of jagged rock, coral, or sand just above or below the surface of the sea.
• There are reefs located just off the coast of Florida

PLATEAU

• An area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain.
• There is a plateau in central Asia called the Tibetan Plateau

ISLAND

• A piece of land surrounded by water
• An example of an Island is the state Hawaii

RIVER

• A large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream.
• An example of a river is the Kansas River

LAKE

• A large body of water surrounded by land
• There are lakes in Kansas. An example of one is Shawnee Lake

MOUNTAIN

• A large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level
• There is a mountain in Colorado called Pikes Peek

STRAIT

• A narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two large areas of water
• An example of a strait is the one between Alaska and Russia

PENINSULA

• A piece of land almost completely surrounded by water
• An example of a peninsula is the state Florida

ISTHMUS

• A narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two large areas of land
• An example is Panama connecting to Columbia

ARCHIPELAGO

• A group of islands
• An example of this is Hawaii

CANYON

• A deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing in it
• An examlple of this is the Grand Canyon located in Arizona

DELTA

• A river delta is a landform that forms at the mouth of a river, where the river flows into an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, or reservoir.
• There is a river delta located at the beginning of the Nile river

GULF

• A deep inlet of the sea almost surrounded by land, with a narrow mouth.
• There is a Gulf called the gulf of California