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Land Features/Water
Flashcards for Landforms and Water Features
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Large Sheet of ice that is fresh water | Glacier |
| Causes Most Canyons to Form | Rivers |
| Land that is completely surrounded by water | island |
| Land form that has steep sides and a flat top | plateau |
| Land form that is wide and flat | plain |
| type of rock found near a volcano | igneous |
| Lowland between mountains | Valley |
| a land form with steep sides and a pointed top | Mountain |
| opening in the Earth's crust from which lava flows | volcano |
| deep valley with steep sides | canyon |
| small body of salt water usually connected to an ocean | sea |
| large flowing body of fresh water | river |
| small body of fresh water surrounded entirely by land | pond |
| large body of fresh water surrounded entirely by land | lake |
| large body of salt water that surrounds a continent | ocean |
| small moving body of fresh water that empties into a river | stream |