Landforms - Physical Features Vocabulary

Land area, smaller than a continent, completely surrounded by water

• island

• continent

• divide

• peninsula

One of the seven large landmasses on earth

• island

• continent

• divide

• peninsula

Stretch of high land that separates river systems

• island

• continent

• divide

• peninsula

Body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water

• island

• continent

• divide

• peninsula

Changes in elevation over a given area of land

• relief

• isthmus

• archipelago

• cape

Narrow stretch of land connecting two large land areas

• relief

• isthmus

• archipelago

• cape

Group of islands

• relief

• isthmus

• archipelago

• cape

Point of land that extends into a river, lake, or ocean

• relief

• isthmus

• archipelago

• cape

Area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation

• plateau

• valley

• mountain

• volcano

Area of low land between hills or mountains

• plateau

• valley

• mountain

• volcano