Geographic Landform

A group of islands are called what?

• archipelago

• canyon

• channel

• peninsula

________ is a point of land that extends into a river, lake, or ocean

• Cape

• Peninsula

• Escarpment

• River

(of a river) place where a river or stream begins, often in highlands

• Isthmus

• Source

• Mesa

• Upstream

What is a volcano?

• a series of connected mountains

• body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water

• land with steep sides that rises sharply (1,000 feet or more) from surrounding land; generally larger and more rugged than a hill

• mountain or hill created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the Earth

T/F A peninsula body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water

• True

• False

T/F A reef is a chain of rocks, coral or sand at or near the surface of the water

• True

• False

The direction in which a river or stream flows from its source to its mouth.

• upstream

• delta

• divide

• downstream

The direction opposite the flow of a river; toward the source of a river or stream

• downstream

• divide

• upstream

• delta

T/F A channel is a deep and narrow valley with steep walls

• True

• False

A mountain is land with steep sides that rises sharply (1,000 feet or more) from surrounding land; generally larger and more rugged than a hill

• True

• False