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Shes Landform Terms

4th grade geography vocabulary

QuestionAnswer
Archipelago a large group of islands clustered together
Gulf a large area of an ocean or a sea partly closed by land; usually bigger than a bay
Mesa a hill or mountain with steep sides and a flat top
Sea a large body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean
Bay a body of water partly closed in by land; smaller than a gulf
Hill a raised, rounded landform that is lower than a mountain
Mountain a landform that rises high above other land areas
Strait a narrow flow of water that connects two bigger bodies of water
Cape a pointed piece of land that stretches out into the water; smaller than a peninsula
Island a body of land completely surrounded by water
Oceans the largest bodies of salt water
Tributary a river or stream that joins a larger one
Channel a body of water that connects two bigger bodies of water
Isthmus a narrow piece of land that joins two larger pieces of land
Peninsula land surounded by water on three (3) sides
Valleys low areas that separate mountains or hills
Continent the largest of all landforms
Lake large body of water that is completely surrounded by land
Plain an area of mostly flat, treeless land
Volcano a cone-shaped opening on earth's surface that spews ash, lava, and gas
Glacier a huge mass of ice that moves slowly down a slope or spreads outward over a land surface
Marsh muddy, flat lowlands
River a large stream of water that empties into another body of water
Waterfall a steep fall or flow of water from a high place
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