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Landformz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An opening in the earth,usually raised through which gasses and lava escape from earth's interion | Volcano |
| A narow strip of water connecting two bodies of water | Striaght |
| A spot of fertile land in a desert fed by wells or underwater streams | Oaisis |
| Body of land surrounded by water | Island |
| flat land near the edges of rivers made of mud and silt deposited by floods | Flood Plain |
| Area of land saturated by water | Swamp |
| A broad flat area of land higher than the surrounding land | Plateau |
| a dry area where few plants grow | Desert |
| a triangular area of land formed by deposits at the mouth of a river | Delta |
| soft,wet,low-lying grassy land that serves as a transition between water and land | Marsh |
| a wide flat-topped mountain with steep sides larger than a butte | Mesa |
| A narrow valley with STEEP sides | Canyon |
| where river flows into a lake or an ocean | River mouth |
| Sheltered area of water deep enough for dockiingg ships | Harbor |
| pointed peice of land extending into a lake or ocean | Cape |
| A large area of grassland with few or no trees | Prarie |
| The steep almost vertical edge of a hill or a mountain or plain | Cliff |
| natural elevation of the earth's surface with steep sides and a greater height than a hill | Mountain |
| low land between a hill or a mountain | Valley |
| A large ice mass that moves slowly down a mountian or over land | Glaicer |