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TLlandforms
Landforms and bodies of water
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| tributary | a river or stream that flows into a larger river |
| bay | a body of water is partly surrounded by land that is connected to a larger body of water |
| river source | where the river begins |
| mountain | a land form that rises steeply at least 2000 feet above land usually wide bottom steep peak |
| river mouth | the point where a river enters a lake or sea |
| canyon | a deep narrow valley with steep sides often with a stream flowing through it |
| valley | a low stretch of land between mountains or hills |
| glacier | a huge slow moving mass of snow and ice |
| basin | a area that is lower than surrounding land, usually with water in it |
| island | an area of land completely surrounded by water |
| volcano | an opening in the earth's surface through which molten rock,ashes and gasses escape from interior. |
| lake | a larger body of water surrounded by land |
| archipelago | a chain or cluster of islands |
| plain | a large area of flat or gently rolling land |
| delta | a plain at the mouth often triangular in shape |
| butte | a small high flat topped land form with cliff like sides |
| mesa | a high flat land form with cliff like sides, larger than a butte |
| isthus | a narrow strip of land that connects two larger areas of land |
| peninsula | an area of land almost completely surrounded by water but connected to the main land |
| strait | a narrow stretch of water that connects two larger bodies of water |
| plateau | a large flat area that rises above the surrounding land, at least one side has a steep slope |
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