Geographic Landforms

What is a body of land surrounded by water on three sides called?

• continent

• peninsula

• island

• archipelago

What is a high, flat area of land that is rises higher and steeper than the surrounding land called?

• hill

• valley

• mountain

• plateau

What is a large, flat area of land that is lower than the surrounding land called?

• hill

• mountain

• plain

• valley

What is an area of low land between hills and mountains called?

• valley

• delta

• waterfall

• canal

The land along the ocean is called what? NJ has 127 of this!

• mountains

• plain

• timberline

• coast

What is the top of a mountain called?

• peak

• summit

• base

• trail

What is a high landform with steep sides called? It is higher than a hill.

• mesa

• peak

• mountain

• swamp

What is an area called that is covered by water for at least part of the year? It might also be called a swamp.

• ocean

• river

• island

• wetland

Over millions of years, a river can cut a passage through a mountain area. It can also be called by what name?

• gap

• bay

• forest

• plains

What are the shapes that make up the earth's surface called?

• circles

• waterways

• capes

• landforms