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Landform vocabulary
landform vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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steep sides, narrow channel, often a river between sides | canyon |
usually a triangular shape, sediments built up at the end of a river | delta |
body of water that flows on Earth's surface | stream |
steep and tall, can affect weather patterns | mountain |
a generally flat area of land next to a river or stream. | floodplain |
can be shaped like a U or a V; formed by water or glaciers | valley |
usually in the desert or a beach, can also be underwater | sand dune |
a rounded piece of land that rises higher than everything surrounding it. | hill |
a place where water moving underground finds an opening to the land surface and emerges | spring |
an opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases erupt. | volcano |
a hole in the ground that forms when water dissolves surface rock | sinkhole |
natural opening in the earth large enough for human exploration | cave |
a huge mass of ice that moves slowly over land. | glacier |
a body of land surrounded by water | island |