Landforms

What is a basin?

• a sizable inland body of water

• an area of land drained by a given river and its branches

• land usually level, at low elevation

• an area of flat or rolling land at high elevation

Choose the correct definition of bay.

• a sizable inland body of water

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

• a large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land

• part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally smaller than a gulf

Find the correct definition of the underlined word, cape.

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

• part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally smaller than a gulf

• a narrow stretch of land connecting two larger areas

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

Define delta.

• a narrow stretch of land connecting two larger areas

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

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

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

Find the correct definition of the underlined word, glacier.

• a narrow stretch of land connecting two larger areas

• a large natural stream of water that runs through the land

• a large, thick body of slow moving ice

• a narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water

Choose the correct definition of gulf.

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

• a narrow stretch of land connecting two larger areas

• a large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land

• a narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water

Define island.

• a sizable inland body of water

• a large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land

• land area, smaller than a continent surrounded by water

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

Find the correct definition of the underlined word, isthmus.

• a narrow stretch of land connecting two larger areas

• a large natural stream of water that runs through the land

• a large, thick body of slow moving ice

• a narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water

Choose the correct definition of lake.

• a sizable inland body of water

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

• a large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land

• part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally smaller than a gulf

Define lowland.

• a sizable inland body of water

• an area of land drained by a given river and its branches

• land usually level, at low elevation

• an area of flat or rolling land at high elevation