Landform Vocab

a high uplifted area with steep slopes is a...

• canyon

• mountain

• plateau

• valley

a V shaped valley eroded by a river

• canyon

• mountain

• plateau

• valley

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a nearly level area that has been uplifted it a..

• plateau

• mountain

• meander

• dune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a mound, hill, or ridge of wind-blown sand is a...

• beach

• dune

• plain

• delta

a low area between hills and mountain (often where rivers flow) is called a?

• delta

• meander

• valley

• floodplain

a curve or loop in a river is called a..

• floodplain

• delta

• plain

• meander

the land that gets covered by water from a stream or river during a flood

• floodplain

• delta

• plain

• meander

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

a fan-shaped deposit at the mouth of a river is

• meander

• plain

• delta

• floodplain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

when sediments (pieces of rock, dirt, sand) land somewhere and get deposited is called..

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

when sediments (pieces of rock, dirt, sand) are carried away by wind or water

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition