Topography - Physical Features of Land and Water

What is the name for an isolated hill with a small, flat top and steep sides?

• cliff

• canyon

• butte

• mountain

This is a deep gap between the walls of cliffs that has been eroded by running water.

• canyon

• valley

• hoodoo

• peninsula

An extremely steep wall of rock that drops away to the sea or land beneath it.

• summit

• delta

• cliff

• lagoon

This where the end of a river or stream reaches a larger body of water, such as a lake or sea.

• canal

• meander

• mouth

• source

This is a wetland area that is covered with peat, moss, and dead plant material.

• valley

• lagoon

• stream

• bog

This is a wetland area that is dominated by trees and bushes, not just tall grasses.

• bog

• marsh

• swamp

• delta

The "lay of the land" is known as its

• cartography

• geology

• terrain

• biology

A large body of salty water that is enclosed on at least three sides by land.

• ocean

• lake

• marsh

• sea

A man-made channel for changing the natural course of a waterway is

• an isthmus

• a canal

• a peninsula

• a strait

A wetland that is dominated by grasses, without trees or bushes, is

• a swamp

• a bog

• a lagoon

• a marsh