Landforms and Bodies of Water

A ________ is an area of low land found between 2 mountains or hills.

• plateau

• valley

• peninsula

• dune

A(n) ____________ is an area of land surrounded by water only on 3 sides.

• isthmus

• island

• tributary

• peninsula

A ____________ is an an area of land that rises up above the land around it with a pointed peak.

• mountain

• hill

• plateau

• reservoir

A(n) _______________ is an area of land that is completely surrounded by water.

• tributary

• island

• reservoir

• isthmus

A __________ is a stream of fast flowing lotic water that flows downhill over the land into lentic water like a lake or an ocean.

• reservoir

• river

• gulf

• lake

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Land along an ocean is called a _____________.

• ridge

• dune

• coast

• range

A ___________ is an area of land that rises up above the land around it with steep sides and a flat surface top.

• delta

• ridge

• canyon

• plateau

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A(n) ___________ is a body of lentic water completely surrounded by land.

• isthmus

• stream

• lake

• tributary

A(n) _____________ is a large hollow hole in the side of a hill or cliff or underground formed by natural processes like flowing lotic water.

• basin

• cave

• valley

• estuary

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A(n) _________ is an area of land that rises up above the land around it with a rounded top.

• canyon

• hill

• mountain

• volcano

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