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Landforms
4th grade Landforms and Bodies of Water Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| plain | a large area of flat land |
| plateau | a large area of flat land that's raised higher than the land around it |
| mountain | a large, tall, rocky area of land that comes up out of the Earth's surface |
| hill | a mound of raised land that is smaller than a mountain |
| canyon | a large crack in the Earth formed by a river or earthquakes |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land that connects two large areas of land |
| island | an area of land that is completely surrounded by water |
| peninsula | a strip of land that extends out into a body of water |
| delta | low, water land that is formed at the mouth of the river |
| valley | an area of low land between two mountains or hills |
| beach | gently sloping shore ext to a body of water, washed by waves or tides, often covered by sand and pebbles |
| meander | a curve or loop in a river |
| floodplain | the land that gets covered by water from a stream or river |
| lake | a large area of water that is surrounded by land |
| bay | an area of water that is mostly surrounded by land |
| ocean | A major body of water that covers large parts of the Earth |
| waterfall | a place where a water flows over a cliff |
| River | a thin waterway that allows water to flow into a lake or ocean |
| pond | a very small body of water that is surrounded by a land |
| strait | a channel of water that connects to large areas of water |
| wetland | an area of what soggy land with many pools of water |
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