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Landforms And Bodies Of Water

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

PLATEAU

AREA OF ELEVATED LAND

VOLCANO

A OPENING IN EARTH'S CRUST

MESA

An area of high land with a flat top

OASIS

A fertile patch in a desert

ISTHMUS

A narrow strip of land connecting two relatively large land areas

GULF

A large deep bay

DESERT

A large, dry, barren region

MOUNTAIN

A narrow strip of land connecting two relatively large land areas

SOURCE

THE AREA OF WHERE THE HEADWATERS OF A RIVER RISE

MOUTH

The point where a river issues into a sea or lake

DUNE

A mound or ridge of drifted sand, occurring on the sea coast and in deserts

ARCHIPELAGO

A group of islands

BASIN

a partially enclosed, sheltered area along a shore, often partly man-made or dredged to a greater depth, where boats may be moored

COAST

The land next to the sea or seashore

STRAIT

a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water

PENINSULA

an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland

ISLAND

a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent

OCEAN

THE VAST BODY OF SALT WATER THAT COVERS ALMOST THREE FOURTHS OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE

DELTA

the flat alluvial area at the mouth of some rivers where the mainstream splits up into several distributaries

PLAIN

An extensive, level, usually treeless area of land

SEA

A tract of water within an ocean

FJORD

A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between steep slopes

CLIFFS

A high, steep, or overhanging face of rock

MOUNTAIN RANGE

a series of more or less connected mountains ranged in a line

GLAICER

an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers

RIVER

a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels

LAKE

a body of fresh or salt water with land around all sides

REEF

a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water

CAPE

a piece of land jutting into the sea or some other large body of water

HARBOR

a body of water where there are ports and docks

BAY

a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

HILL

a rounded natural elevation of earths surface

VALLEY

The broad area drained by a single river system

CANYON

a gorge or rivine formed by a down cutting of a river where there is not enough of of rainfall

TRIBUTARY

a river or stream that feeds into a bigger body of water

PLATEAU

area of elevated land