TCI Chapter 2 landforms
Island
A body of land surrounded by water
Volcano
A break in Earth's crust where magma and other material erupts from Earth's interior.
Swamp
A lowland region saturated by water
Strait
A narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water
Cape
A narrow pointed piece of land extending into an ocean or lake
Harbor
A sheltered part of a body of water deep enough to provide anchorage for ships
Delta
A triangular shaped depois of sand and sediment that occurs where a river flows into an ocean
Bay
Part of a sea or lake that extends into the land with a wide opening, most times more shallow than a gulf
(River) mouth
The place where a river flows into a lake or an ocean
Cliff
The steep almost vertical edge of a hill mountain or plain
basin
a bowl-sahped depression, or hollow, in Earth's surface
desert
a dry, often sandy regions with little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and sparse vegetation
archipelago
a group or chain of islands
hill
a landform that extends above the surrounding area
plain
a large area of flat or gently rolling land
lake
a large body of water surrounded by land on all sides
gulf
a large inlet of the sea that cuts deeply into the land
glacier
a large mass of ice found near Earth's poles (continental glaciers) or in a high, cold mountain valley (Alpine glacier).
fjord
a long, narrow, winding inlet from the sea between steep slopes of a mountain coast
dune
a mound or ridge of sand or other lose sediment formed the wind, especially on the sea coast or in the desert
canyon
a narrow, deep valley with steep sides
plateau
a raised area of land, such as a hill or mountain, with a flat top
Sea
a region of water within an ocean and partly enclosed by land
reef
a ridge of jagged rock, coral, or sand just above or below the surface of the sea
mountain range
a series of mountain ridges alike in form, direction, and origin
mountain
a steep area of land which rises to a narrow peak
Tributary
a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river
isthmus
a strip of land between 2 bodies of water connecting two larger places
ocean
a very large expanse of sea, in particularly, each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically
mesa
a wide, flat-topped mountain with steep sides
peninsula
an area of land surrounded by water on three sides
Oasis
an isolated spot in a desert where water is found
river
flows down from mountains and make their way to larger bodies of water
valley
low land between hills or mountains
source
the beginning of a water flow such as a river or creek
coast
the part of the land near the sea; the edge of the land
