Landforms

The two largest types of landforms on Earth are ...

• rivers and plateaus

• mountains and deserts

• oceans and continents

An ___ is a piece of land that is completely surrounded by water. It is smaller than a continent.

• cape

• island

• peninsula

• plateau

A ___ is a lowland region that is located between mountains.

• hill

• mountain peak

• valley

• peninsula

An ___ is a very large body of water. It is saltwater. There are five such bodies of water on Earth.

• lake

• pond

• ocean

• river

An ___ is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger bodies of land.

• island

• isthmus

• strait

An ___ is the place where the saltwater of the ocean meets the freshwater of a river.

• estuary

• river source

• isthmus

A ___ is a body of land that juts out into the ocean. It is bordered by water on three sides and connected to land on the fourth side.

• plateau

• island

• continent

• peninsula

A ___ is a large area of elevated land that is relatively flat on top.

• plain

• peninsula

• mountain peak

• plateau

A vast stretch of lowland that is also relatively flat is called a ___.

• island

• continent

• plain

• plateau

Florida is an example of ___.

• an island

• a peninsula

• a canyon

• a valley