Landforms Quiz

What is a flat-topped hill called?

• Mesa

• Butte

• Ridge

• Gorge

Which term describes a wind-blown sand formation?

• Glacier

• Desert Dune

• Hamada

• Cirque

What is an area covered in boulders and large stones called?

• Inselberg

• Hamada

• Delta

• Floodplain

What is an isolated, steep-sided hill of resistant rock on a plain called?

• Mesa

• Inselberg

• Mountain

• Ridge

What is a flat-topped, steep-sided plateau called?

• Mesa

• Butte

• Ridge

• Gorge

What is a desert area with a water supply provided by groundwater called?

• Wadi

• Oasis

• Estuary

• Lake

What is a dry watercourse in a narrow valley that divided a plateau called?

• Gorge

• Wadi

• Tributary

• Meander

What is a steep-sided, lone peak rising over 600 meters above the surrounding land called?

• Mountain

• Ridge

• Butte

• Inselberg

What is a chain of connected mountains called?

• Mountain Range

• Ridge

• Gorge

• Cirque

What is a large frozen river of ice that slowly moves down a valley in response to gravity called?

• Glacier

• River

• Tributary

• Lake