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Mrs. Phillips
Landforms Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Landforms | Physical features of the earths surface |
| Savana | Open grassland with widely space trees in a hot, seasonally dry climate. |
| Strait | Relatively narrow waterway joinning two larger bodies of water. |
| Channel | The deepest part of a river, harbor, or a large strait. |
| Geyser | Natural spring that ejects steam and hot water into the air. |
| Sea, Gulf, Bay | Body of salt water partially enclosed by land. |
| Canal | Artifial waterway used for irrigation or travel. |
| Canyon | Deep valley with high, steep hills |
| Delta | Triangular plain formed by the gravel, silt, sand,and clay deposited at a rivers mouth where it slows to meet another body of water. |
| Tundra | Vast treeless plains with permafrost and small, low plants. |
| Glacier | Large body of ice that moves across the earth surface. |
| Peninsula | Landform surrounded by water on three sides. |
| Island | Piece of land completely surrounded by water. |
| Archipelago | Chain of Islands |
| Fjord | Long, narrow coastal valley between tall, rocky cliffs. |
| Isthmus | Narrow strip of land between two seas or oceans that connects two larger land areas. |
| Plateau | Large flat area of land that is usually higher than the land around it, with at least one steep slope. |
| Plain, Prairie | Large area of relatively flat or gently rolling land. |
| Dune | Ridge or hill of sand blown or drifted by the wind in deserts or on beaches. |
| Atoll | Ring - Shaped Island formed by coral build up on the rim of an underwater valcanco. |
| Crater | Bowl - Shaped depression in the earth or the funnel - shape opening of a valcanco. |
| Valley | Elongated low land between mountain ranges or hills. |
| Rainforest | A dense tropical evergreen forest with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches. |
| Marsh | Wet lands area always or sometimes covered with shallow water. |
| Mountain | Rugged mass of rock that rises above the surrounding landscape with steep slopes and a peek or a summit. |
| Dessert | Dry, barren region that recieves little or no precipitation. |
| Lake | Large body of fresh or salt water that is entirely surrounded by land |