1. What are Landforms?

2. What are landforms?
Landforms are the natural shapes or features called landforms.
There are many different types of landforms found on the earth.

3. mountain
A mountain is a landform that rises high above other land areas.
                                     

4. valley
                                          
A valley is a lowland area that separates mountains and hills.
               

5. isthmus
A narrow piece of land that joins two larger pieces of land.
                                                        

6. plain
An area of mostly flat, treeless land.

7. bay
A body of water partly closed in by land.

8. island
An island is land that is completely surrounded by water.

9. lake
A lake is water that is completely surrounded by land.

10. ocean
Oceans are the largest bodies of water on earth.

11. volcano
A cone-shaped opening on the earth’s surface that spews ash, lava, and gas.

12. archipelago
A large group of islands clustered together.

13. river
a large stream of water that empties into another body of water.

14. mesa
A hill or mountain with steep sides and a flat top

15. glacier
A huge mass of ice that moves slowly down a slope or spreads outward over a land surface

16. strait
A narrow flow of water that connects two bigger bodies of water

17. gulf
A large area of an ocean or a sea partly closed in by land. It is usually bigger than a bay.

18. waterfall
A steep fall or flow of water from a high place

19. hill
A raised, rounded landform that is lower than a mountain

20. sea
A large body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean

21. tributary
A river or stream that joins a larger one

22. cape
A pointed piece of land that stretches out into the water It is smaller than a peninsula.

23. peninsula
Land surrounded by water on three sides