Landform Review

A protected body of water is called a

• Harbor

• Delta

• Gulf

• Canyon

A low plain built up by mud and sand deposited at the mouth of a river is called a

• Harbor

• Delta

• Gulf

• Canyon

A ____ is a part of an ocean or a sea that is surrounded on three sides by land.

Height above sea level is called ________.

A _________ is somewhat like a plain except that it is cut by a steep canyon.

• Fjord

• Plains

• Plateau

• Valley

A large body of salt water is called a _____, but it is not as large as an ocean.

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The Grand ______ in the U.S. has a very deep valley with very steep sides.

The Panama Canal is an s-shaped _______ which is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land.

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The word _____ is Norwegian in origin and means a long, narrow, often deep inlet of the sea lying between steep cliffs.

• Sea

• Plateau

• Altitude

• Fjord

The five large _____ at the northern border of the United States are bodies of water with land all around them.