Land Forms & Waterways

Large stream of fresh water that flows across the land

• Ocean

• Sea

• River

• Lake

An opening in the earth, through which lava, rock, and gases are forced out

• Peninsula

• Volcano

• Mesa

• Canyon

Large area of flat or gently rolling low land

• Plain

• Peninsula

• Plateau

• Isthmus

large ice mass that moves slowly down a mountain or across land

• Strait

• Island

• Sea

• Glacier

a triangular opening to a river.

• Archipelago

• Delta

• Gulf

• Mountain

a vast, frozen, barren wasteland with little to no vegetation

• Tundra

• Plateau

• Desert

• Mesa

Low land between hills and mountains, usually made by erosion

• Gulf

• Peninsula

• Canyon

• Desert

Land that has water on all sides

• Mountains

• Ithmus

• Strait

• Islands

body of saltwater; larger than a sea; not separated by land

• Ocean

• Sea

• River

• Lake

a narrow body of water that separates two strips of land.

• Mountain

• Isthmus

• Strait

• Islands