Landforms Vocabulary Assessment

What is an isthmus?

• A narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas

• A low area surrounded by higher land

• A large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land

• A chain or group of islands

What is a plain?

• An area of level land, usually at a low elevation and often covered with grasses

• A narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas

• A low area surrounded by higher land

• A part of an ocean or sea that is partly enclosed by land

What is a basin?

• A low area surrounded by higher land

• The place where a river or stream begins

• An area of the coast partially enclosed by land where the land curves inward

• A large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land

What is the source of a river?

• The place where a river or stream begins

• The place where a river or stream flows into a larger body of water

• A narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water

• A flat, low-lying land built up from the soil carried downstream by a river

What is the mouth of a river?

• The place where a river or stream flows into a larger body of water

• The place where a river or stream begins

• A small river or stream that flows into a larger river or stream

• A sheltered place along the shoreline where ships can anchor safely

What is a bay?

• An area of the coast partially enclosed by land where the land curves inward

• A part of an ocean or sea that is partly enclosed by land

• A large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land

• A narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water

What is a gulf?

• A part of an ocean or sea that is partly enclosed by land

• An area of the coast partially enclosed by land where the land curves inward

• A large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land

• A narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water

What is a sea?

• A large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land

• A part of an ocean or sea that is partly enclosed by land

• An area of the coast partially enclosed by land where the land curves inward

• A narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water

What is a strait?

• A narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water

• A large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land

• A part of an ocean or sea that is partly enclosed by land

• An area of the coast partially enclosed by land where the land curves inward

What is a delta?

• Flat, low-lying land built up from the soil carried downstream by a river

• A narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water

• A small river or stream that flows into a larger river or stream

• A sheltered place along the shoreline where ships can anchor safely