Land and Water

A canal

• Waterway made by people that is used to drain land.

• glacierLand formed by soil that is deposited at the mouth of a river.

• Low-lying land area that is surrounded by land of higher elevation.

• Place where a river or stream empties into a larger body of water.

Which word below correctly names this landform?

• volcano

• canyon

• island

• valley

A narrow strip of land joining 2 large areas is called an

• island

• isthmus

• strait

• archipelago

A narrow channel that connects 2 bodies of water is called a

• gulf

• lake

• isthmus

• strait

A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides is called a(n)

• strait

• island

• archipelago

• peninsula

a vast, dry wasteland with virtually no trees and less than 10-inches of rainfall per year

• Gulf

• Peninsula

• Canyon

• Desert

Which is a Plateau

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What is this a picture of?

• Gulf
• Canyon
• Plateau
• Delta

A _______ is flat low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth.

• Delta
• Seacoast
• Cape
• Valley

What do you call the place where a river begins?

• River source

• River mouth

• River Basin