vocab prep for land forms
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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mountain | Land with steep sides that rise sharply from the surrounding land.
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plain | Area of level land usually at low elevation and often covered with grasses.
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river | Large natural stream of water that flows through land.
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bay | Part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline.
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cape | Point of land that extends into a river, lake, or ocean.
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plateau | Area of flat or rolling land at high elevation, about 300 to 3, 000 feet high.
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canyon | a deep, narrow valley with steep walls.
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island | Body of land completely surrounded by water.
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valley | Low land between hills or mountains.
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gulf | Part of a body of water that extends into a shoreline; larger and deeper than a bay.
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peninsula | Body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water.
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coast | Land along a sea or an ocean.
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tributary | Small stream or river that flows into a larger river or stream.
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isthmus | Narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas.
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delta | Flat, low land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth.
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mouth of a river | Place where a river empties into a larger body of water.
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