Landforms And Bodies Of Water

Question 0

Body of water partially enclosed by land with a wide outlet to the ocean

Answer 0

Bay

Question 1

A group of closely scattered islands

Answer 1

Archipelago

Question 2

A sandy, pebbly, or rocky shore of a body of water

Answer 2

Beach

Question 3

Hill the rises abruptly from surrounding area with sloping sides and a flat top

Answer 3

Butte

Question 4

An artificial waterway used for irrigation and travel

Answer 4

Canal

Question 5

Deep, narrow valley with high steep hills

Answer 5

Canyon

Question 6

Point of land projecting into a body of water

Answer 6

Cape

Question 7

Deeper part of a river or harbor

Answer 7

Channel

Question 8

High steep or overhanging rock face

Answer 8

Cliff

Question 9

One of the seven large landmasses on earth

Answer 9

Continent

Question 10

Triangular section of land built up at a rivers mouth

Answer 10

Delta

Question 11

Dry areas of land, desolate waterless and without vegetation

Answer 11

Desert

Question 12

In deserts and on beaches, wind blown sand forming hills

Answer 12

Dunes

Question 13

Natural hot spring that emits a column of water and steam into the air

Answer 13

Geyser

Question 14

Large body of ice that moves across lands surface

Answer 14

Glacier

Question 15

An area of a sea or ocean partially enclosed by land, larger than a bay

Answer 15

Gulf

Question 16

Part of land that rises noticeably above the rest of the land

Answer 16

Hill

Question 17

Large chunks of ice that break off of glaciers

Answer 17

Icebergs

Question 18

A piece of land surrounded by water

Answer 18

Island

Question 19

Narrow piece of land that connects two large landmasses and separates two bodies of water

Answer 19

Isthmus

Question 20

Shallow pool of water at the center of a ring shaped island formed by coral buildup

Answer 20

Lagoon

Question 21

Body of water completely surrounded by land

Answer 21

Lake

Question 22

An area of low lying wetland

Answer 22

Marsh

Question 23

Flat topped elevated landform

Answer 23

Mesa

Question 24

Land that rises above surrounding land with steep slopes and a peak or summit

Answer 24

Mountain

Question 25

Large continuous body of salt water

Answer 25

Ocean

Question 26

Piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides

Answer 26

Peninsula

Question 27

Flat or gently rolling lands

Answer 27

Plain

Question 28

Flat land mass higher than the surrounding land with at least one steep side

Answer 28

Plateau

Question 29

A stream of water of considerable volume

Answer 29

River

Question 30

Body of salt water surrounded almost entirely by land

Answer 30

Sea

Question 31

Long wide body of water connecting larger bodies of water, larger than a channel

Answer 31

Sound

Question 32

Lowland region saturated by water

Answer 32

Swamp

Question 33

Vast treeless plains with permafrost and small low plants

Answer 33

Tundra

Question 34

Lowland between mountain ranges or hills often having a river or stream running along the bottom

Answer 34

Valley

Question 35

Mountains formed when lava rises through the earths crust

Answer 35

Volcano