Science 2.9 Landform Vocabulary

a natural feature of Earth's surface

• landform
• continent
• island
• peninsula

 islands in a chain or row

• continent
• peninsula
• archipelago
• lake

deep valley with steep sides; often carved by a river

• cave
• landform
• mountain
• canyon

large hole in the ground or in the side of a hill or mountain

• coast
• cave
• volcano
• canyon

boundary where land meets the ocean or sea

• coast
• ocean
• sea
• river

any one of the largest land masses in the world

• continent
• plateau
• plain
• landform

a very dry area

• desert
• plain
• cave
• hill

raised area or mound of land

• mountain
• hill
• valley
• canyon

a piece of land completely surrounded by water

• lake
• island
• sea
• ocean

large body of water surrounded by land on all sides

• ocean
• lake
• sea
• river