| Question |
Answer |
| Archipelago |
a large group of islands clustered together |
| Gulf |
a large area of an ocean or a sea partly closed by land; usually bigger than a bay |
| Mesa |
a hill or mountain with steep sides and a flat top |
| Sea |
a large body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean |
| Bay |
a body of water partly closed in by land; smaller than a gulf |
| Hill |
a raised, rounded landform that is lower than a mountain |
| Mountain |
a landform that rises high above other land areas |
| Strait |
a narrow flow of water that connects two bigger bodies of water |
| Cape |
a pointed piece of land that stretches out into the water; smaller than a peninsula |
| Island |
a body of land completely surrounded by water |
| Oceans |
the largest bodies of salt water |
| Tributary |
a river or stream that joins a larger one |
| Channel |
a body of water that connects two bigger bodies of water |
| Isthmus |
a narrow piece of land that joins two larger pieces of land |
| Peninsula |
land surounded by water on three (3) sides |
| Valleys |
low areas that separate mountains or hills |
| Continent |
the largest of all landforms |
| Lake |
large body of water that is completely surrounded by land |
| Plain |
an area of mostly flat, treeless land |
| Volcano |
a cone-shaped opening on earth's surface that spews ash, lava, and gas |
| Glacier |
a huge mass of ice that moves slowly down a slope or spreads outward over a land surface |
| Marsh |
muddy, flat lowlands |
| River |
a large stream of water that empties into another body of water |
| Waterfall |
a steep fall or flow of water from a high place |