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terms to know for landforms

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part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline bay
a deep, narrow valley with steep walls canyon
point of land that extends into a river lake, or ocean cape
land along a sea or an ocean coast
flat, low land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth delta
part of a body of water that extends into a shoreline; larger and deeper that a bay gulf
body of land completely surrounded by water island
narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas isthmus
body of water completely surrounded by land; usually fresh water lake
land with steep sides that rise sharply from the surrounding land mountain
place where a river empties into a larger body of water mouth of a river
body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water peninsula
area of level land, usually at a low elevation and often covered with grasses plain
area of flat or rolling land at high elevation, about 300-3,000 feet high plateau
small stream or river that flows into a larger river or stream tributary
low land between hills or mountains valley
a narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water strait
a dry environment with few plants and animals desert
the place where a river or stream begins, in higher elevations source of a river
a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship harbor
a group of many islands archipelago
a body of water almost completely surrounded by land, usually salt water, larger that a gulf sea
a man-made narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water canal
a mass of ice formed by snow that descends from high mountains glacier
a mountain or hill from which lava, steam and ashes are expelled volcano
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