Question | Answer |
mesa | a small, isolated, high plateau with a flat top and steep, rocky sides, common in dry regions of the western and southwestern United States: |
archipelago | a group of many islands |
atoll | a ring-shaped coral island or group of islands enclosing or partly enclosing a lagoon |
butte | Western U.S. a steep, flat-topped hill standing alone |
canyon | a narrow valley with high, steep sides, usually with a stream at the bottom: |
cape | an outer garment, or part of one, without sleeves, worn falling loosely from the shoulders, and often fastened at the neck. |
channel | the bed of a stream, river, or other watercourse |
col | a marked depression in a ridge or mountain chain, usually forming a pass from one slope to the other |
cove | 1.a small bay; mouth of a creek; inlet on the shore. 1. |
delta | a deposit of earth and sand that collects at the mouths of some rivers and is usually three sided |
desert | a barren region with little or no rainfall, usually sandy and without trees |
estuarty | 1.a broad mouth of a river, into which the tide flows |
fjord | |
geyser | 1.a spring that spouts a column of hot water and steam into the air at intervals. |
glacier | a large mass of ice formed from snow on high ground and moving very slowly down a mountain or along a sloping valley, |
gulf | a large bay; arm of an ocean or sea extending into the land |
island | a body of land surrounded by water, smaller than a continent |
isthmus | a narrow strip of land with water on both sides of it, connecting two larger bodies of land |
lagoon | a pond or small lake connected with a larger body of water |
peninsula | a piece of land almost surrounded by water, or extending far out into the water |
plateau | a plain in the mountains or at a height above the sea; large, high plain |
strait | Often, straits. a narrow channel or passage connecting two larger bodies of water |
strait | a narrow channel or passage connecting two larger bodies of water |
tributary | a stream that flows into a larger stream or body of water: |
waterfall | a fall of water from a high place; cascade or cataract |