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osolano landforms
Landforms And Bodies Of Water
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Island | land completely |
| bay | a body of water that is partly surrounded by lad and that is connected to a larger body of water. |
| river mouth | the point were a river enters a lake or sea |
| glacier | a huge, slow moving mass of snow and ice |
| mesa | a small high, flat topped landform with cliff like sides. |
| archipelago | a chain or cluster of islands |
| delta | a plain at the mouth of a river, ofter rectangular in shape |
| lake | a larger body of water surrounded by land |
| canyon | a deep narrow valley with steep sides;often with a streamflowing through it |
| plain | a large area of flat or gently rolling land |
| mountain | a landform that rises steeply at least 2000 feet above surrounding land; usually wide at |
| valley | a low stretch of land between mountains of hills land that is drained by a river |
| River source | were the river originated or begins |
| plataeu | a large, flat area that rises above the surrounding land' at least one side |
| basin | an area that is lower that surrounding land areas ; some basins are filled with water |
| volcano | an opening in earths surface through which molten rock escapes |
| butte | high flat topped landform with clifflike sides |
| glacier | a huge, slow moving mass of snow and ice |
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