Landforms Study Guide

What is the definition of a river?

• Natural flowing freshwater stream

• The expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its landmass

• Deep chasm between cliffs

• Natural explosive eruption of hot water

What is the definition of a sea?

• The expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its landmass

• Point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop

• Elevated area of land with a flat top and sides, much wider than buttes

• Fertile area in a desert environment

What is the definition of a strait?

• Naturally formed, narrow, typically navigable waterway that connects two larger bodies of water

• A large open area of grassland

• Highland area, usually of relatively flat terrain

• Hill of loose sand

What is the definition of a swamp?

• Forested wetland

• A large open area of grassland

• Large natural elevation of the Earth's surface

• Area of loose particles at the edge of the sea or other body of water

What is the definition of a valley?

• Low area between hills, often with a river running through it

• A depression or dip in the Earth's surface, like a bowl

• Natural void under the Earth's surface

• Area where land meets the sea or ocean

What is the definition of a volcano?

• Rupture in a planet's crust where material escapes

• Natural flowing freshwater stream

• Natural explosive eruption of hot water

• Narrow body of water

What is the definition of a waterfall?

• Point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop

• Large inland body of relatively still water

• A huge mass of ice that moves slowly over land

• Narrow body of water

What is the definition of an archipelago?

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

• Area where land meets the sea or ocean

• Collection of islands

• Piece of subcontinental land surrounded by water

What is the definition of a lake?

• Large inland body of relatively still water

• Natural explosive eruption of hot water

• Natural void under the Earth's surface

• Piece of land surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water

What is the definition of a cape?

• Narrow body of water

• Large headland extending into a body of water, usually the sea

• Hill of loose sand

• Low-lying and seasonally waterlogged land