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VZ WG-5 Landforms
Stack contains cards for landforms and water forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| VZ WG 5 Landforms & Waters | |
| Peninsula | A landform that is nearly surrounded by water and is connected to a larger landmass by an isthmus. |
| Canal | An artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc. |
| Fjord | Narrow deep inlets of the sea set between high rocky cliffs. |
| Lake | A body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land. |
| Ocean | A vast body of water that covers almost three-fourths of the Earth's surface. |
| Bay | Inlet of the sea or any other body of water. |
| Channel | Strait or narrow sea between two land masses. |
| Glacier | Thick masses of ice including great ice sheets and bodies of ice that flow down mountains. |
| Marsh | Tract of soft wetland. |
| Plain | An area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet. |
| Shoal | A place where a sea, river, or other body of water's shallow |
| Volcano | A vent in the Earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc. are expelled either continuously or at irregular intervals. |
| Pool | Small and rather deep body of freshwater. |
| Sound | Long passage of water connecting tow bodies of water of seperating a mainland and inland. |
| Tributary | Any smaller stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river. |
| Basin | Low areas of land often surrounded by mountains. |
| Sea | The salt waters that cover the greater part of Earth's surface; a large, landlocked body of water. |
| Swamp | A tract of wet, spongy land, usually with abundant vegetation. |
| Lagoon | An area of shallow water separated from the sea by low sandy dunes. |
| Oasis | A fertile area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well. |
| Archipelago | A large group of islands |
| Basin | A low area of land often surrounded by mountains |
| Butte | Isolated hill or mountain with steep or precipitous sides; has a smaller summit than a mesa |
| Canyon | Deep valley with steep sides, often with a stream flowing through; gorge |
| Cliff | Very steep vertical or overhanging face of rock or ice |
| Continent | Large land mass on Earth's surface |
| Coast | Land next to sea; seashore |
| Dell | Secluded hollow small valley usually covered with trees and turf |
| Desert | Arid, sandy region with only a few, usually specialized, organisms |
| Cove | Small sheltered inlet or bay. |
| Headwaters | First and smallest streams formed from the runoff of a mountain, eventually forming rivers. |
| Meander | A turn or winding of a stream. |
| Rapids | Where the current is fast and surrounding surface is usually broken. |
| Source | Point of origin of a stream of water. |
| Cay | A low island or reef of sand or coral. |
| Delta | Accumulation of sediment at the mouth of a river. |
| Island | A piece of land smaller than a continent completely surrounded by water. |
| Atoll | A coral island consisting of a reef surrounding a lagoon. |
| Dam | A body of water confined by a barrier; a barrier to check the flow of liquid, gas, or water. |
| Hill | Rounded natural elevation of land lower than a mountain; artificial heap or mound. |
| Waterfall | Perpendicular, very deep descent of water over a stream. |
| Bayou | A creek or a minor river that is a tributary to another body of water. |
| Current | Part of a fluid body of water in a continous direction. |
| Gulf | A part of ocean or stream extending into the land. |
| Mouth | Place where stream enters into the larger body of water. |
| Reservoir | Place where something is kept in storage where water is kept in quantity. |
| Spring | Source of water skewing from the ground |
| River | A natural stream of water. |
| Strait | Narrow passageway connecting two bodies of water. |
| Divide | Separating ridge between drainage areas; watershed |
| Isthmus | Narrow strip of land with water on either side; connects two larger land masses |
| Mesa | A landform less extensive than a plateau, has steep walls, and a relatively flat top |
| Mountain | Natural elevation of land rising more or less abruptly to a peak and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill |
| Plateau | Elevated flatland; rises sharply above nearby land |
| Prairie | Attractive treeless grassland; area of rolling or leveled land |
| Reef | Ridge of rocks and sand often of coral debris at or near surface of water |
| Summit | Top, peak, or highest point |
| Tundra | Rolling, treeless plain;characteristic of subarctic or arctic regions; black, mucky soil, permanently frozen subsoil, and has dominating vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, or shrubs |
| Valley | An elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, especially one following course of stream |
| Savannah | A tropical or subtropical grassland containing scattered trees and drought - resistant undergrowth |
| Trench | A long cut in the ground marking a collision of plates, where one plate slides under the other. |
| Barrier Island | Coastal islands created from sand deposited by ocean waves and currents in shallow water. |
| Brook | Small natural stream of freshwater |
| Estuary | Semi enclosed body of water in which fresh and seawater mix; where river meets an inlet of the sea |
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