Landforms and Bodies of Water

What is an archipelago?

• A group of islands

• A large headland extending into a body of water

• A portion of a continent submerged under shallow water

• Silt deposited at the mouth of a river

What is a beach?

• A group of islands

• A large headland extending into a body of water

• A portion of a continent submerged under shallow water

• An area of loose particles at the edge of a body of water

What is a cape?

• A large headland extending into a body of water

• A portion of a continent submerged under shallow water

• Silt deposited at the mouth of a river

• Area of loose particles at the edge of a body of water

What is a continental shelf?

• A portion of a continent submerged under shallow water

• A large headland extending into a body of water

• Silt deposited at the mouth of a river

• Area of loose particles at the edge of a body of water

What is a delta?

• A group of islands

• A large headland extending into a body of water

• Silt deposited at the mouth of a river

• Area of loose particles at the edge of a body of water

What is a bay?

• A group of islands

• A large headland extending into a body of water

• Silt deposited at the mouth of a river

• A recessed, coastal body of water connected to an ocean or lake

What is a lagoon?

• A group of islands

• A large headland extending into a body of water

• A shallow body of water

• Silt deposited at the mouth of a river

What is a sea cave?

• A group of islands

• A large headland extending into a body of water

• A cave formed by wave erosion

• Silt deposited at the mouth of a river

What is an atoll?

• A ring-shaped coral reef with a lagoon and islands around the rim

• A sea-cave hole where waves force water or spray out of the hole

• A vertical, or near vertical, rock face of large height

• A portion of a continent submerged under shallow water

What is a blowhole?

• A group of islands

• A ring-shaped coral reef with a lagoon and islands around the rim

• A sea-cave hole where waves force water or spray out of the hole

• A vertical, or near vertical, rock face of large height