Geography: Landforms

Are low-lying areas of land between hills and mountains.

• strait
• valley
• plateau

Are flat highlands that are separated from the surroundings due to steep slopes.

• plateau
• valley
• hill

Are flat or low relief areas on the surface of the earth.

• hill
• plain
• valley

Are landforms higher than the surrounding areas.

• mountain
• hill
• plateau

Are lower than mountains but are higher than their surrounding areas.

• valley
• hill
• plateau

A dry landform that gets little to no rain. Shaped by high speed winds that carries sand along with it.

• hills

• desert

• valley

Single hill or rock formation that rises sharply from a flat landscape, usually in a desert

• buttes

• canyon

• valley

Deep, narrow valley with steep sides.

• basins

• valley

• canyon

A dip or depression in the surface of the land or ocean floor.

• valley

• basin

• butte

Are mountains but they are different because they are formed by their own eruptive products.

• volcano

• valley

• mountains