Shes Landform Terms Word Scramble
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| 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 |
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