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Landforms
| Landforms | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sediment (Deposits) | deposit of soil & rock |
| Mass wasting (Gravity) | the downward movement of soil or rocks |
| Mountains (rise in altitude) | Shifting of tectonic plates which grind against each other forcing one edge of the plate to rise over the edge of the other plate |
| archipelago | Chain or group of islands |
| atoll | Coral |
| bay | Smaller than a gulf |
| butte | Flat |
| cape | Point Piece of Land |
| channel | connects two larger bodies of water (like the English Channel). A channel is also a part of a river or harbor that is deep enough to let ships sail through |
| col | Mountain Pass |
| continents | 7 (AAANES) |
| cove | horseshoe-shaped body of water along the coast; |
| delta | A delta is a low, watery land formed at the mouth of a river. It is formed from the silt, sand and small rocks that flow downstream |
| estuary | river meets sea or ocean |
| fjord | long, narrow sea inlet that is bordered by steep cliffs |
| gulf | A gulf is a part of the ocean (or sea) that is partly surrounded by land (it is usually larger than a bay). |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses. An isthmus has water on two sides |
| lagoon | a shallow body of water that is located alongside a coast. |
| lake | A lake is a large body of water surrounded by land on all sides. Really huge lakes are often called seas. |
| marsh | marsh is a type of freshwater, brackish water or saltwater wetland that is found along rivers, pond, lakes and coasts |
| mesa | flat area on top and steep walls |
| ocean | salt water, surrounds a continent (2/3 earth covered by Oceans) |
| peninsula | a body of land that is surrounded by water on three sides |
| Plains | flat land with small changes in elevation |
| plateau | a large, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land |
| pond | a small body of water surrounded by land. A pond is smaller than a lake |
| prairie | a wide, relatively flat area of land that has grasses and only a few trees |
| river | a large, flowing body of water that usually empties into a sea or ocean |
| sea | a large body of salty water that is often connected to an ocean. A sea may be partly or completely surrounded by land. |
| sound | a wide inlet of the sea or ocean that is parallel to the coastline; it often separates a coastline from a nearby island |
| source | is the beginning of a river. |
| strait | narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water. |
| swamp | a type of freshwater wetland that has spongy, muddly land and a lot of water. Many trees and shrubs grow in swamps |
| tributary | a stream or river that flows into a larger river |
| tundra | a cold, treeless area; it is the coldest biome |
| wetland | an area of land that is often wet; the soil in wetlands are often low in oxygen. Wetland plants are adapted to life in wet soil. There are many types of wetlands, including: swamp, slough, fen, bog, marsh, moor, muskeg, peatland, bottomland, delmarva, mir |
| Caldera | Depression caused by volcanic collaspse |
| Moraine | layer of glacial till |
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