LANDFORMS

PLAINS

• Flat lands that have only small changes in elevation

SEA

• A large body of salty water that is often connected to an ocean

SWAMP

• A type of fresh water wetland that has muddy land and a lot of water

BLUFF

• A steep headlands, promontory, riverbank, or cliff

VALLEY

• Is a very tall high natural place on earth

PLATEAU

• A large flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land

ISLAND

• Is a peace of land that is surrounded by water

PENINSULA

• Is a body of land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides

CAPE

• A point or head of land projecting into a body of water

BAY

• A body of water that is partly enclosed by land

CANYON

• A deep valley with very steep sides

GULF

• Part of the ocean that is partly surrounded by land

VOLCANO

• A mountains vert is the earths crust

LANDFORM

• One of the shapes that makes up earths surface such as mountains hills valleys or plains

TRIBUTARY

• A river or stream that flows into a larger river

BASIN

• Low bowl shaped Land with higher ground all around it

SEA LEVEL

• Land that is level with the surface of the ocean

MOUTH

• The place where a river empties into a larger body of water

SOURCE

• The place where a river begins

MOUNTAIN

• is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak

ISTHMUS

• an isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses

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