landforms/waterforms

Question 1

an area of lowland between two mountains

Answer 1

valley

Question 2

land bordering the ocean or sea

Answer 2

coast

Question 3

a group of four or more islands

Answer 3

archipelago

Question 4

a fan shaped deposit of land that collects at the mouth of a river

Answer 4

delta

Question 5

a land form smaller than a continent surrounded by water

Answer 5

island

Question 6

cold coniferous forests of northern Asia and Europe

Answer 6

taiga

Question 7

land that has water on three sides

Answer 7

peninsula

Question 8

huge grassy treeless plains of Europe and Asia

Answer 8

steppes

Question 9

a small circular coral reef islands in the Pacific ocean

Answer 9

atoll

Question 10

a large area of sunken land shaped like a bowl

Answer 10

basin

Question 11

a mountain created by the build up of molten rocks

Answer 11

volcano

Question 12

a flat level area of land

Answer 12

plain

Question 13

a dry region of land with little rainfall and vegetation

Answer 13

desert

Question 14

a smaller area of land that juts into an ocean sea or lake

Answer 14

cape

Question 15

a place in the desert where water is found near ground level

Answer 15

oasis

Question 16

a mountainous or hilly section of a country

Answer 16

highland

Question 17

small islands of formed by skeletal animals remains

Answer 17

coral reef

Question 18

dry creek bed in arid regions of Asia and Africa through which water flows during times of heavy rain

Answer 18

wadi

Question 19

a large area of land that rises above the surrounding land

Answer 19

plateau

Question 20

a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land forms

Answer 20

isthmus

Question 21

a steep elevation of the lands surface, higher than a hill

Answer 21

mountains

Question 22

a natural of human made structure that holds back water

Answer 22

dam

Question 23

the largest type of land mass on earth

Answer 23

continent

Question 24

an area of flat treeless grassland in subtropical or tropical regions

Answer 24

savanna

Question 25

a very large mountain

Answer 25

massif

Question 26

a shallow body of water separating land from the sea in the Pacific ocean

Answer 26

lagoon

Question 27

the place where a water form begins such as a stream

Answer 27

source

Question 28

a large slow moving mass of ice

Answer 28

glacier

Question 29

a wide freshwater stream that flows across the land

Answer 29

river

Question 30

a large area of ocean or sea that is partly surrounded by land

Answer 30

gulf

Question 31

a waterway dug across the land to connect 2 bodies of water

Answer 31

canal

Question 32

part of an ocean sea or lake that reaches into land

Answer 32

bay

Question 33

a large inland body of fresh or saltwater

Answer 33

lake

Question 34

a very large area of ocean

Answer 34

sea

Question 35

largest bodies of water

Answer 35

ocean

Question 36

a town having a harbor where ships load and unload goods

Answer 36

port

Question 37

a lowland area that holds fresh or saltwater

Answer 37

wetland

Question 38

an area of low-lying wetland with tall grasses

Answer 38

marsh

Question 39

a body of water that separates an island from the mainland

Answer 39

sound

Question 40

an area of low-lying wetland with trees

Answer 40

swamp