Landforms Vocabulary

A large body of water

• Sea

• Ocean

• Waterfall

• Marsh

A large area of ice moving slowly

• Glacier

• Snow

• White Walkers

• Winter

A body of water that is entirely surrounded by land (inland)

• Stream

• Gulf

• River

• Lake

A nearly flat area

• Mesa

• Foothills

• Plains

• Inlet

Line on a mountain above which it is too cold for trees to grow

• Basin

• Timberline

• Bluff

• Valley

Natural flow of water that runs through the land

• Lake

• Geyser

• River

• Pond

Area of rugged land that generally rises higher than 2,000 feet

• Mesa

• Valley

• Hill

• Mountain

A narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas

• Isthmus

• Island

• Peninsula

• Inlet

Deep, narrow valley with steep walls

• Delta

• Mesa

• Cliff

• Canyon

Area of land that sticks out into a lake or ocean

• Marsh

• Strait

• Isthmus

• Peninsula