Landforms

a group of islands

• atoll

• archipelago

• isthmus

• delta

A circular coral island on top of an underwater volcano

• delta

• reef

• atoll

• archipelago

wasteland that has been carved into unusual shapes by wind or water

• estuary

• fjord

• plateau

• badlands

a body of water that extends into the coastline, usually smaller than a gulf

• bay

• lagoon

• river

• fjord

a deep valley with steep sides, carved out by the movement of a river

• headwaters

• fjord

• canyon

• mesa

a point of land that juts out into the ocean, usually smaller than a peninsula

• isthmus

• strait

• cape

• delta

the tallest mountain range on a continent, where many rivers begin

• continental divide

• plateau

• peninsula

• badlands

the fan-shaped deposit of soil at the mouth of a large river

• estuary

• fjord

• isthmus

• delta

the place where a river widens as it reaches the sea, where fresh and saltwater mix together

• delta

• estuary

• gulf

• canyon

a steep, narrow valley created by a glacier and filled in by ocean water

• fjord

• waterfall

• headwaters

• canyon