1. Landforms 101
Landforms are categorized by ______, changes in elevation.
relief

2. Landforms 101
A piece of land surrounded entirely by water.
Island

3. Landforms 101
A narrow neck of land connecting two larger pieces of land.
Isthmus

4. Landforms 101
A long narrow valley between cliffs often with a stream flowing through it.
Canyon

5. Landforms 101 A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides.
Peninsula

6. Landforms 101
An area of flat land elevated above the surrounding land.
Plateau

7. Landforms 101
A group or chain of islands.
Archipelago

8. Landforms 101
Low land between hills or mountains.
Valley

9. Landforms 101 A broad, flat area with few changes in the landscape.
Plain

10. Landforms 101
A long, inland cliff or steep slope.
Escarpment

11. Landforms 101
A hollow or bowl shaped depression in the earth.
Basin

12. Landforms 101
Land built up by deposits at the mouth of a river.
Delta

13. Landforms 101
One of the Earth’s large bodies of land
Continent

14. Landforms 101
Land that is directly next to a sea or ocean.
Coast

15. Landforms 101
A point of land jutting out into a body of water.
Cape

16. Waterbodies 101 An inland body of water larger than a pond or pool.
Lake

17. Waterbodies 101
A natural stream of water larger than a creek.
River

18. Waterbodies 101
A narrow waterway connecting two larger bodies of water.
Strait

19. Waterbodies 101
A glacial valley flooded with seawater.
Fjord

20. Waterbodies 101
A river that empties into another river
Tributary

21. Waterbodies 101
A waterbody surrounded on three sides by land
Bay

22. Waterbodies 101 The place where a river empties into a sea or ocean.
Mouth

23. Waterbodies 101
A narrow opening into the coastline of a sea, ocean, or river.
Inlet