Landforms

What is a group of islands called?

• Archipelago

• Cluster

• Mesa

• Vacation

A natural depression on the earth's surface, typically containing water

• Bowl

• Range

• Basin

• Butte

a broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inward, smaller than a gulf

• Cape

• Swimming Hole

• Boat Hangout

• Bay

a pebbly or sandy shore, especially by the ocean between high and low water marks

• Ocean

• Beach

• California

• Island

a steep hill that has a flat top and stands alone, smaller than mesas and plateaus

• Mountain

• Hill

• Tall Pointy Thing

• Butte

a deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it

• Canyon

• Butte

• Sound

• Hole

a point of land that sticks out into an ocean, bay or other body of water; connected by a wider piece of land than a peninsula

• Cave

• Cove

• Cow

• Cape

a large underground chamber, typically of natural origin, in a hillside or cliff

• Trap

• Cave

• Cenote

• Calf

the outline of a line that forms a boundary between land and the ocean

• Coast

• Ocean

• Fishing Deck

• Sound

a deposit of earth and sand that collects at the mouth of some rivers and is usually 3 sided

• Gamma

• Sigma

• Delta

• Phi