Landforms and Waterways

Large group or chain of islands

• archipelago

• atoll

• fjord

• key

Ring-shaped coral reef Island surrounded by a small bay or lagoon

• mesa
• continental shelf
• atoll
• piedmont

Deep narrow valley with steep sides.  Often it has a stream or river flowing through it

• canyon
• cape
• moraine
• plateau

A point of land projecting into a body of water

• delta

• cape

• isthmus

• archipelego

Smaller than a gulf

• itsmus

• bay

• island

• valley

A triangular area formed by deposits soil at the mouth of a river

• delta

• strait

• sea

• swamp

Large part of an ocean that extends to land

• sea

• ocean

• gulf

• river

Water way constructed to allow the passage of boats

• canal

• strait

• lake

• ocean

Narrow piece of land connecting two larger land area

• isthmus

• bay

• strait

• valley

Inland body of water surrounded by land

• valley

• plateau

• lake

• island