Landforms Foldable Practice

A volcano formed from a pile of cinders and other volcanic material blown out in an explosive eruption.

• cinder cone

• crater

• butte

• dome

A ridge, mound, or hill of sand deposited by wind.

• sandbar

• sand dune

• pinnacle

• mesa

A long ridge of sand built up by river currents or ocean waves in shallow water.

• sandbar

• sand dune

• plateau

• river

A pile of earth materials that results from their rapid movement down a slope.

• landslide

• meander

• glacier

• arch

A round shape formed when rocks like granite peel away at Earth’s surface.

• delta

• dome

• floodplain

• glacier

A large mass of ice moving slowly over land.

• glacier

• river

• waterfall

• volcano

A gently sloping shore next to a body of water washed by waves or tides, often covered by sand or pebbles.

• beach

• canyon

• island

• floodplain

A low area of Earth’s surface that is often formed of flat-lying sediments.

• plain

• plateau

• mesa

• lake

A mountain made of lava, ciders, and ash that have poured through an opening in Earth’s crust.

• volcano

• waterfall

• valley

• sand dune

A bowl-shaped depression made by an explosion at the mouth of a volcano or geyser or by the impact of a falling object like a meteorite.

• crater

• caldera

• dome

• fault