LANDFORM DICTIONARY

BAY

• Part of a large body of water that extends to the shoreline

CANYON

• Deep and narrow valley with steep walls

CAPE

• Points of land that extends into a river, lake, or oceans

CLIFF

• Steep high wall of rock, earth, or ice

GLACIER

• Large, thick body of slowly moving ice

BEACH

• Sand by a large body of water

HILL

• Elevated land with sloping sides and rounded summit

HARBOR

• A sheltered place along a shoreline where
• ships can anchor safely

ISLAND

• Land area, smaller than a continent,
• Completely surrounded by water

MOUNTAIN

• Land with steep sides that rises sharply

VOLCANO

• Mountain or hill created as liquid rock
• And ash erupt from inside the earth

PLAIN

• Area of level land, usually at low elevation and
• Often covered with grasses

VALLEY

• Area of low land usually between hills or mountains

FOREST

• Large area with tree life growing

CHANNEL

• Wide strait or waterway between two land masses
• That lie close to each other