Reef | | gap between mountains |
Savanna | | line on a mountain above which it is too cold for trees to grow |
Peninsula | | body of water with land on all sides |
FallLine | | area of water and fertile land in a desert |
CoastalPlain | | land along a sea or ocean |
Dune | | side of a hill or mountain |
Bay | | high, steep face of rock or earth |
SeaLevel | | land along a river |
Ocean | | hill of sand piled up by the wind |
Riverbank | | steep drop from a high place to a lower place in a stream or river |
Foothills | | and that has water on all sides |
Inlet | | deep, narrow valley with steep sides |
Delta | | area along which rivers form waterfalls or rapids as the rivers drop to lower land |
Cataract | | ridge of sand, rock, or coral that lies at or near the surface of a sea or ocean |
Valley | | deepest part of a body of water |
Peak | | area of high, mostly flat land |
Slope | | stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river |
Floodplain | | highest kind of land |
River | | narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water |
Cliff | | an inlet of the sea or some other body of water, usually smaller than a gulf |
Gulf | | narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas of land |
Coast | | body of shallow water |
Range | | triangle-shaped area of land at the mouth of a river |
Plateau | | land that is almost completely surrounded by water |
Cape | | hilly area at the base of a mountain |
Canyon | | point of land that extends into water |
Swamp | | large waterfall |
Sea | | opening in the earth, often raised, through which lava, rock, ashes, and gases are forced out |
March | | area of low, wet land with trees |
Channel | | high, steep face of rock or earth |
Tributary | | low land between hills or mountains |
Waterfall | | area of flat or gently rolling low land |
Basin | | area of flat land along a sea or ocean. |
Desert | | flat-topped mountain with steep sides |
Island | | row of mountains |
Oasis | | part of a sea or ocean extending into the land, usually larger than a bay |
Bluff | | large stream of water that flows across the land |
Mountain | | dry land with few plants |
Lake | | top of a mountain |
Hill | | large ice mass that moves slowly down a mountain or across land |
Isthmus | | the level of the surface of an ocean or a sea |
Volcano | | lowland with moist soil and tall grasses |
Timberline | | any area of water extending into the land from a larger body of water |
Pass | | area of grassland and scattered trees |
Glacier | | land that rises above the land around it |
Strait | | body of salt water smaller than an ocean |
Lagoon | | body of salt water larger than a sea |
Mesa | | flat land that is near the edges of a river and is formed by silt deposited by floods |
Plain | | bowl-shaped area of land surrounded by higher land |