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Landform Review
Chapter 2
Mountain – Mt. Everest, Nepal
a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in
the form of a peak
Valley – Yosemite Valley, California
a depression with predominant extent in one direction.
Canyon – Grand Canyon, Arizona
a deep ravine between cliffs often carved from the landscape by a river.
Volcano – Popocatepetl, Mexico
an opening, or rupture, in a planet's surface or crust, which allows
hot magma, volcanic ash and gases to escape from below the surface.
Plateau – Colorado Plateau, Utah
a high plain or tableland
Mesa – Black Mesa, New Mexico
A table mountain
Delta
Indus River Delta, Pakistan
Nile River Delta, Egypt
-formed from the deposition of the sediment carried by the river
Island – Fiji, South Pacific Ocean
any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water
Peninsula
Shimabara
Peninsula,
Japan
a piece of land that is
bordered by water on
three sides but
connected to mainland.
Bay – Hout Bay, South Africa
an area of water mostly surrounded by land, which generally has calmer
waters than the surrounding sea
Harbor – Port Miou, France
a place where ships, boats, and barges can seek shelter from
stormy weather, or else are stored for future use.
Steppe – Daurian Steppe, Mongolia
An area characterized by grassland plains without trees apart from those
near rivers and lakes.
Desert – Sahara Desert, Tunisia
A region that receives an extremely low amount of precipitation
Oasis – Taghit, Algeria
an isolated area of vegetation in a desert, typically surrounding
a spring or similar water source.
Alluvial Fan - Iran
a fan-shaped deposit formed where a fast flowing stream flattens, slows,
and spreads
Archipelago
a chain or cluster of islands
Beach
a geological landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake or river.
Canal – Panama
Waterways used for carrying ships and boats, shipping goods and
conveying people
Cape – Cape Cod, Massachusetts
a point or body of land extending into a body of water, usually the sea.
Crater – Meteor Crater, AZ
Circular depression in the earths surface
Dam – Hoover Dam, NV & AZ
a barrier that impounds water or
underground streams
Escarpment – Caprock, TX
a steep slope or long cliff that results from erosion or faulting
Estuary – Rio de la Plata, Argentina
a partly enclosed coastal body of water with one or
more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the
open sea.
Floodplain
a flat or nearly flat land adjacent to a stream or river that
experiences flooding during periods of high discharge
Hill
a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain, generally lower
and less steep than a mountain.
Isthmus
a narrow strip of
land connecting two
larger land areas
usually with water
on either side
Lake
a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized
in a basin, that is surrounded by land and not considered part of
the ocean.
Plain
land with relatively low relief, that is flat or gently
rolling. Prairies and steppes are types
Strait – Strait of Gibraltar
a channel of water that lies between two land masses