Question | Answer |
mountain | a very tall hill; highest land on earth |
mountain pass | narrow channel or path through a mountain range |
bay | narrow part of an ocean or lake that cuts into land |
basin | bowl shaped area surrounded by higher land |
mountain range | long row of mountains |
canal | narrow waterway dug across land mainly for ship travel |
canyon | steep, narrow valley with high sides |
cliff | steep wall of rocks or earth, sometimes called a bluff |
coast | land at the edge of a large body of water such as an ocean |
coastal plain | area of flat land along an ocean or sea |
delta | triangle shaped area of land at a mouth of a river |
desert | very dry land |
fall line | area along of which rivers form waterfalls or rapids as the rivers drop to lower land |
flood plain | flat land, near a river, that is formed by dirt left by floods |
foothills | hilly land at the bottom of a mountain |
gulf | body of water, larger than most bays, with land around part of it |
glacier | giant sheet of ice that moves very slowly across land |
island | land with water all around it |
harbor | sheltered body of water where ships safelly tie up to land |
hill | rounded land higher than the land around it |
inlet | narrow strips of water running from a large body of water either into land or between islands |
lake | large body of water with land all or nearly all around it |
mesa | flat topped hill, with steep sides |