LANDFORMS

VALLEY

• LAND IN BETWEEN TWO HIILS/MOUNTAIN
• Ex: Utah

PLAIN

• A FLAT LAND SUCH AS A FIELD WITH WILD GRASS
• Ex: Nova Scotia Florida

REEF

• 1. A strip or ridge of rocks, sand, or coral that rises to or near the surface of a body of water.
• Great barrier reed near Australia

PLATEAU

• area of flat upland usually bounded by an escarpment on all sides
• Southern Peru

ISLAND

• Land that is completely surrounded by water
• Hawaii

RIVER

• large, flowing body of water that usually empties into a sea or ocean.
• Niall river

LAKE

• Big body of water surrounded by land on all sides
• 5 Great Lakes

MOUNTAIN

• a very tall high, natural place on Earth - higher than a hill.
• Himalaya mountains

STRAIT

• a narrow passage of water connecting two large areas of water.
• Sicilia and Calabria

PENINSULA

• land that is surrounded by water on three sides
• Florida

ISTHMUS

• narrow strip of land connecting two larger lands
• Central America

ARCHIPELAGO

• a group or chain of islands scattered in a sea or ocean.
• Hawaii

CANYON

• deep valley with very steep sides
• Grand Canyon

DELTA

• a low, watery land formed at the mouth of a river
• Lena river

GULF

• a part of the ocean (or sea) that is partly surrounded by land
• Gulf of Mexico