Major Landforms and Waterforms

A natural or human-made structure that holds back water

• archipelago

• mesa

• watershed

• dam

An isolated hill that rises sharply above the surrounding land in western United States; has a flat top.

• mesa

• bayou

• butte

• canyon

A narrow landform that connects two larger bodies of land

• continent

• plateau

• isthmus

• ridge

A valley with steep sides carved out of the earth's surface by moving water

• valley

• canyon

• cape

• volcano

An area of land that drains into a river, river system, or body of water

• watershed

• continent

• plateau

• highland

A type of mountain created by a build-up of rocks and lava from an opening in the earth's crust

• mountain

• island

• canyon

• volcano

A long, narrow stretch of land that rises well above the surrounding land

• coast

• bayou

• ridge

• butte

An area of lowland between two mountains

• valley

• plateau

• ridge

• desert

A mountainous or hilly section of a country or state

• hill

• plateau

• highland

• plain

A flat, treeless grassland of tropical or subtropical region

• isthmus

• delta

• mesa

• savanna