Landform Vocabulary

a low, watery land formed at the mouth of a river. It is formed from silt, sand, and small rocks.

• lake

• delta

• volcano

• spring

• dune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a larger body of water completely surrounded by land. 

• lake

• delta

• volcano

• spring

• dune

natural body of water flowing under the earth. 

• lake

• delta

• volcano

• spring

• dune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

a mountainous vent in the earth’s crust through which ash, lava, and gases escape.

• lake

• delta

• volcano

• spring

• dune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

a scratch or carving in the bedrock made by the slow movement of a glacier.

• floodplain

• island

• plain

• glacier

• glacial grooves

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a large area of flat land.

• floodplain

• island

• plain

• glacier

• glacial grooves

the low flat land near a river that often floods.

• floodplain

• island

• plain

• glacier

• glacial grooves

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

land surrounded by water on all sides.

• floodplain

• island

• plain

• glacier

• glacial grooves

a huge mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over time.

• floodplain

• island

• plain

• glacier

• glacial grooves

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

deep valley with steep sides, usually formed by water. 

• canyon

• cave

• valley

• floodplain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2