Geographic Landforms

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Geographic Landforms
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basin

• Area of land drained by a given river and its
  branches area of land surrounded by lands of
  higher elevation.

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bay

• Part of a large body of water that extends into a
  shoreline, smaller than a gulf.

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canyon

• Deep and narrow valley with steep walls.

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cape

• Point of land that extends into a river, lake or
  ocean

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channel

• Wide strait or waterway between two landmasses
  that lie close to each other deep part of a
  river or other waterway

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cliff

• Steep, high wall of rock, earth or ice

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continent

• One of the seven large landmasses on the earth

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delta

• Flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried
  downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth

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elevation

• Height of land above sea level

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glacier

• Large, thick body of slowly moving ice

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gulf

• Part of a large body of water that extends into a
  shoreline larger and deeper than a bay

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harbor

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

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hill

• Elevated land with sloping sides and a rounded
  summit smaller than a mountain

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highland

• Elevated land area such as a hill, mountain, or
  plateau

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island

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

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isthmus

• Narrow stretch of land connecting two larger areas

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lake

• A sizable inland body of water

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lowland

• Level land at a low elevation.

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mesa

• Broad, flat-topped landform with steep sides
  smaller than a plateau

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mountain

• Land with steep sides that rises sharply from
  surrounding land larger than a hill

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mouth

• Place where a stream or river flows into a larger
  body of water

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ocean

• One of the four major bodies of salt water that
  surrounds the continents

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peninsula

• Body of land jutting into a lake or ocean,
  surrounded on three sides by water

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plain

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

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river

• Large natural stream of water that runs through
  the land

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sea

• Large body of water completely or partly
  surrounded by land

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sound

• Body of water between a coastline and one or more
  islands off the coast

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strait

• Narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies
  of water

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tributary

• Small river or stream that flows into a larger
  river or stream a branch of the river

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valley

• Area low land between hills or mountains

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volcano

• Mountain created as liquid rock or ash erupts
  from inside the earth