landforms vocabulary

a large steep area of land which usually rises more than 1,000 feet

• Lowlands

• Isthmus

• Mountain

• Hill

large body of year-round ice and snow that moves slowly across the land

• Basin

• Glacier

• Lake

• River

a mountain or hill with a crater through which lava, rock, or gas erupt

• Glacier

• Mesa

• Canyon

• Volcano

any inlet of an ocean, sea or lake that extends into the land

• Basin

• Bay

• Cave

• Peninsula

What is a low area of land between hills and mountains.

• mountain

• valley

• island

• canyon

What land form is land completely surrounded by water?

• plain
• canyon
• mountain
• island

An area of water that is surrounded by land on all sides.

• River
• Lake
• Plain
• Peninsula

A large stream of water flowing through land into a lake, ocean, or other bodies of water.

• River

• Valley

• Plain

• Lake

A body of salt water that covers almost 3/4 of Earth's surface.

• Lake

• Valley

• Mountain

• Ocean

Land that is surrounded by water on three sides. 

• Peninsula
• Ocean
• Mountain
• Valley