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Landform vocab
Landform flashcards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Archipelago | a group of islands. |
| Bog | wet muddy ground too soft to support a heavy body. |
| Delta | A delta is a landform that is formed at the mouth of a river where that river flows into an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, reservoir, flat arid area, or another river. Deltas are formed from the deposition of the sediment carried by the river as the flow leav |
| Fjord | a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs |
| Flood Plain | an area of low-lying ground adjacent to a river, formed mainly of river sediments and subject to flooding. |
| Glaicer | a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles. |
| Island | a piece of land surrounded by water |
| Isthmus | a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land. |
| Peninsula | a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water. |
| Plain | a large area of flat land with few trees |
| Plateau | an area of relatively level high ground. |
| Rifts | form fissures, cracks, or breaks, esp. through large-scale faulting; move apart. |
| Strait | a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two large areas of water. |
| Tributary | a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake |
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