inlet | | flat-topped mountain with steep sides |
peninsula | | triangle-shaped area of land at the mouth of a river |
plain | | the level of the surface of an ocean or a sea |
basin | | body of shallow water |
tributary | | dry land with few plants |
volcano | | large waterfall |
mountain pass | | top of a mountain |
source of river | | area of flat land along a sea or ocean |
fall line | | body of salt water larger than a sea |
riverbank | | narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas of land |
mesa | | deep, narrow valley with steep sides |
sea level | | lowland with moist soil and tall grasses |
canyon | | body of water with land on all sides |
oasis | | deepest part of a body of water |
delta | | highest kind of land |
floodplain | | low land between hills or mountains |
valley | | large ice mass that moves slowly down a mountain or across land |
timberline | | steep drop from a high place to a lower place in a stream or river |
channel | | land that rises above the land around it |
bay | | high, steep face of rock or earth |
coast | | flat land that is near the edges of a river and is formed by silt deposited by floods |
plateau | | bowl-shaped area of land surrounded by higher land |
waterfall | | body of salt water smaller than an ocean |
peak | | point of land that extends into water |
dune | | area of water and fertile land in a desert |
sea | | stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river |
coastal plain | | narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water |
reef | | high, steep face of rock or earth |
cliff | | ridge of sand, rock, or coral that lies at or near the surface of a sea or ocean |
mountain range | | area of flat or gently rolling low land |
bluff | | opening in the earth, often raised, through which lava, rock, ashes, and gases are forced out |
lagoon | | hill of sand piled up by the wind |
desert | | area along which rivers form waterfalls or rapids as the rivers drop to lower land |
lake | | area of high, mostly flat land |
cape | | land that is almost completely surrounded by water |
cataract | | any area of water extending into the land from a larger body of water |
marsh | | place where a river begins |
strait | | an inlet of the sea or some other body of water, usually smaller than a gulf |
ocean | | row of mountains |
isthmus | | line on a mountain above which it is too cold for trees to grow |
mountain | | land along a sea or ocean |
river | | part of a sea or ocean extending into the land, usually larger than a bay |
gulf | | large stream of water that flows across the land |
swamp | | land along a river |
mouth of river | | gap between mountains |
savanna | | hilly area at the base of a mountain |
slope | | area of grassland and scattered trees |
hill | | area of low, wet land with trees |
island | | place where a river empties into another body of water |
foothills | | land that has water on all sides |
glacier | | side of a hill or mountain |