Geographic landforms

Which feature is a land mass surrounded by water but smaller than a continent?

• Island
• peninsula
• Gulf
• Lake

These are elevated areas that are smaller than mountains. 

• Valleys
• Plateaus
• Moutains
• Hills

What are bodies of water surrounded by land?

• Oceans
• Rivers
• Lakes
• Deltas

A lowland between mountains and hills is called a

• plateau

• plain

• valley

• national park

A land that is completely surrounded by water is called __________

• a peninsula

• an island

• a continent

• a state

A chain of islands is called _____________.

• Atoll

• Mesa

• Archipelago

• Canyon

A narrow strip of land connecting 2 large land masses with water on both sides.

• Isthmus

• Channel

• Estuary

• Cave

___________ is an imaginary line that divides the earth into two.

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

The longest river in the world is ___________.

• Rio Grande

• St. Lawrence River

• River Nile

• Missouri River

What are Plains?

• have steep sides and rise at least 2,000 feet above sea level

• land that is mostly flat with few trees

• the low area between ranges of mountains or hills

• an extension of land jutting out into the water that is smaller or thinner than a peninsula