Physical Features Practice Quiz

a high relief, rising at least 2, 000 feet above the surrounding terrain

• plateaus

• mountains

• hills

• plains

an area of land surrounded by water and is smaller than a continent

• peninsula

• pond

• island

• cape

a river or stream that flows into a main river

• stream

• river

• tributary

• delta

mass of rock, gravel, sand, and clay carried and deposited by glaciers

• snow

• moraine

• river

• boulder

a portion of land nearly surrounded by water; a piece of land jutting out into the water

• peninsula

• strait

• island

• delta

a narrow strip of land having water on each side and joining two large bodies of land

• isthmus

• strait

• valley

• flood plain

a group of islands

• islands

• continents

• archipeligo

• isthmus

a raised area of mostly level land with at least one side that rises steeply above the surrounding land

• hill

• mountain

• plateau

• butte

a flat or gently rolling area

• hill

• basin

• plain

• delta

an isolated hill or mountain with steep sides

• hill

• butte

• mountain

• plateau