Landform Vocabulary

An area of water bordered by land on three sides.

• Bay

• Lake

A gulf is part of an ocean (or sea) that is partly surrounded by land (it is usually larger than a bay)

• Gulf

• Ocean

• Lake

A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.

• Bay

• Waterfall

• Peninsula

Where the mouth of a river flows into an ocean, sea, lake, or another river.

• Sea

• Delta

• River

A narrow strip of land that is bordered on two sides by water and connects two larger land masses.

• Waterfall

• Fjord

• Isthmus

A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water

• Strait

• Glacier

• Sea

a large body of water surrounded by land on all sides.

• Pond

• Hill

• Lake

a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. A mountain is generally steeper (higher) than a hill.

• Mountain

• Hill

• Plateau

a raised area or mound of land.

• Hill

• Archipelago

• Fjord

flat land that has only small changes in elevation.

• Plain

• Hill

• Plateau