Landforms And Waterways

Question 1

A group or chain of islands clustered together in a sea or ocean

Answer 1

Archipelago

Question 2

A ring of coral that forms an island in an ocean or sea. Sits atop a submerged volcanic cone

Answer 2

Atoll

Question 3

A body of water that is partly I closed by land. Smaller than a gulf

Answer 3

Bay

Question 4

A flat topped rock or hill formation with steep sides

Answer 4

Butte

Question 5

A deep valley with very steep sides. Often carved from the earth by a river

Answer 5

Canyon

Question 6

A pointed piece of land that sticks out into a sea ocean lake or river

Answer 6

Cape

Question 7

A large hole in the ground or in side of hill or mountain

Answer 7

Cave

Question 8

Low lying sandy island forces atop a reef

Answer 8

Cay

Question 9

A body of water that connects two larger bodies of water. Also a part of a river of harbor that is deep enough to let ships sail through

Answer 9

Channel

Question 10

A steep face of rock and soil

Answer 10

Cliff

Question 11

Mountain passes

Answer 11

Col

Question 12

A small horseshoe shaped body of water along a coast.surronded pay landform

Answer 12

Cove

Question 13

Low watery landform at the mouth of a river formed from the silt sand and small rocks that flow down stream in the river and are deposited in this word. Often shaped like triangle

Answer 13

Delta

Question 14

A very dry area

Answer 14

Dessert

Question 15

A hill or ridge made of sand. Shaped by wind and change all the time

Answer 15

Dune

Question 16

Imaginary circle around the earth halfway between the north and South Pole

Answer 16

Equator

Question 17

Where a river meets a sea or ocean

Answer 17

Estuary

Question 18

A long narrow sea inlet that is bored by steep cliffs

Answer 18

Fjord

Question 19

Field that instigates how landforms are formed on earth

Answer 19

Geomorphology

Question 20

Natural hot spring that sprays water and steam above ground

Answer 20

Geyser

Question 21

River of ice on land

Answer 21

Glacier

Question 22

Part of the ocean that’s partial surronded by water and is bigger than a bay

Answer 22

Gulf

Question 23

Raiders area or mound of land

Answer 23

Hill

Question 24

A piece of land surronded by water

Answer 24

Island

Question 25

A narrow strip of land connected to bigger land masses. Has water on both sides

Answer 25

Isthmus

Question 26

A low lying island usually formed by a reef

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Key

Question 27

Shallow body of water that is located along side a coast

Answer 27

Lagoon

Question 28

Large body of water surrounded by land

Answer 28

Lake

Question 29

Angular distance north or south

Answer 29

Latitude

Question 30

Angular distance east or west

Answer 30

Longitude

Question 31

Type of fresh water or saltwater wetland that is formed along a river pond lake or coast

Answer 31

Marsh

Question 32

is a land formation with a flat area on top and steep walls - usually occurring in dry areas.

Answer 32

Mesa

Question 33

a very tall high, natural place on Earth - higher than a hill

Answer 33

Mountain

Question 34

a very tall high, natural place on Earth - higher than a hill

Answer 34

Ocean

Question 35

is a body of land that is surrounded by water on three sides

Answer 35

Peninsula

Question 36

flat lands that have only small changes in elevation.

Answer 36

Plain

Question 37

a large, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land.

Answer 37

Plateau

Question 38

a small body of water surrounded by land. Smaller than a lake

Answer 38

Pond

Question 39

a wide, relatively flat area of land that has grasses and only a few trees.

Answer 39

Prairie

Question 40

a large, flowing body of water that usually empties into a sea or ocean.

Answer 40

River

Question 41

a large body of salty water that is often connected to an ocean.

Answer 41

Sea

Question 42

a wide inlet of the sea or ocean that is parallel to the coastline; it often separates a coastline from a nearby island.

Answer 42

Sound

Question 43

is the beginning of a river.

Answer 43

Source

Question 44

a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water.

Answer 44

Straight

Question 45

is water flow on the land that occurs when the soil is saturated with water and the excess water (from precipitation or snowmelt) runs over the surface.

Answer 45

Surface runoff

Question 46

a type of freshwater wetland that has spongy, muddly land and a lot of water. Many trees and shrubs grow

Answer 46

Swamp

Question 47

a stream or river that flows into a larger river.

Answer 47

Tributary

Question 48

a cold, treeless area; it is the coldest biome.

Answer 48

Tundra

Question 49

a low place between mountains.

Answer 49

Valley

Question 50

a mountainous vent in the Earth's crust. it spews out lava, ashes, and hot gases from deep inside the Earth.

Answer 50

Volcano

Question 51

When a river falls off steeply, there is a

Answer 51

Waterfall

Question 52

an area of land that is often wet; the soil and are often low in oxygen

Answer 52

Wetland