Landforms Vocabulary

a flat-topped hill with steep sides

• canyon

• mesa

• plain

• marsh

part of an ocean extending into land and usually larger than a bay

• bay

• ocean

• gulf

• lake

a large area of flat land with few trees

• plain

• bay

• mesa

• marsh

the place where a river begins

• mouth

• source

• bay

• lake

formed when rivers deposit sediment at the mouth, or end, of a river

• delta

• marsh

• mouth

• river

a large solid area of land

• ocean

• lake

• continent

• country

an area of land surrounded by water on 3 sides

• island

• lake

• marsh

• peninsula

a deep, narrow valley surrounded by tall cliffs

• mesa

• canyon

• plateau

• mountain

huge, thick masses of ice

• ice

• glacier

• valley

• mountain

low wet land of grasses, cattails, and rushes.

• marsh

• delta

• sediment

• valley