1. GEOGRAPHY LANDFORMS TERMS

2. Rivers – Moving water flowing from high elevation to low elevation
Rivers – Moving water flowing from high elevation to low elevation. Tributaries – smaller moving bodies of water that form rivers (streams and creeks)

3. thin strip of land connecting two larger land masses; land bridge.
ISTHMUS-

4. Narrow strip of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
STRAIT -

5. Ancient snow and ice that are hundreds of feet deep and always moving.
GLACIER-

6. Bodies of water cut out by retreating glaciers.
FJORD

7. VALLEY-
Long, low lands between highlands.

8. – Area between level ground caused by erosion.
CANYON

9. Valley caused by separating plates.
RIFT -
Valley caused by separating plates.

10. -Raised flat land with at least one steep cliff.
PLATEAU

11. -plateau with steep cliffs on all sides.
MESA
BUTTE
- Small mesa often found in deserts.

12. - single face cliff of a plateau.
ESCARPMENT
- single face cliff of a plateau.

13. -land with water on all sides.
ISLAND
-land with water on all sides.
ARCHIPELAGO
-large group of islands

14. -land with water on three sides.
PENINSULA

15. Fan shaped deposit of mud and gravel often at the foot of a mountain.
DELTA
ALLUVIAL FAN
– wide flat area of fan shaped land where a river empties into the sea.

16. Lagoon – small body of water cut off from a large body of water by sand or coral reef.

17. Atoll - is an island of coral that encircles a dormant volcano partially or completely.

19. Sea
Ocean
Lake
Gulf
Bay

20. Bodies of water
Ocean - Large bodies of salt water that cover two-thirds of the earth’s surface.
Sea - Large bodies of salt water that are partially or wholly enclosed by land.
Gulf – An area of salt water partly enclosed by coastline.
Bay – Fresh or salt water partly enclosed by land; inlet to a lake or sea.
Lake – Mostly landlocked body of water.