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Island – land area that is surrounded by water
Long Island
Archipelago – chain of islands
Hawaiian Islands
Cape – Narrow point of land that extends into a body of water
Cape Cod, MA
Peninsula – piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides
Florida
Hill – area of raised land that is lower and more rounded than a mountain
HillsAcadia National Park
Maine
Mountain – high, steep, rugged land that rises sharply above the surrounding land.
Elevation-Above Sea Level
Mount McKinley, Alaska
Plain – broad area of fairly level land that is generally close to sea level
PlainsCheyenne River Sioux Reservation
Wyoming
Plateau – large area of high, flat, or gently rolling land
Bateke PlateauGabon, Africa
Desert – area that has little or no moisture or vegetation
Sahara Desert, Africa
Coast – land that borders the sea
Jones Beach
Continent – any of seven large land masses on the Earth’s surface
South AmericaAntarctica
Australia
Asia
EuropeNorth America Africa
Isthmus – narrow strip of land joining two large land areas or joining a peninsula to a mainland.
Isthmus of Panama
Strait – narrow channel that connects two larger bodies of water
Strait of Gibraltar
Tributary – stream or small river that flows into a larger stream or river
River – large stream of water that empties into an ocean or lake or another river
Hudson and Mohawk Rivers
tributary map of Lake Erie
Bay – part of a body of water that is partly enclosed by land
Jamaica Bay
Gulf – arm of an ocean or sea that is partly enclosed by land, usually larger than a bay.
Gulf of Mexico
Lake – body of fresh water surrounded by land
Great Lakes
Sea – large body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean
Black Sea
Arctic
Ocean – any of the large bodies of salt water on the Earth’s surface.
Indian
Atlantic
Pacific
Canal- a waterway dug across land through which ships can pass.
Harbor- a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely.
Landforms Quiz• ___1. land area surrounded by water• ___ 2. chain of islands• ___ 3 narrow point of land that extends
into a body of water• ___ 4. piece of land that is surrounded
by water on three sides• ___ 5. area of raised land that is lower &
more rounded than a mountain
• ___6. high, steep, rugged land that rises
sharply above the surrounding land
Landforms Quiz Cont’d
• ___7. broad area of fairly level land that is generally close to sea level• ___8. large area of high, flat or gently rolling land• ___9. area that has little or no moisture or vegetation• ___10. land that borders the sea• ___11. any of seven landmasses on the Earth’s surface• ___12. narrow strip of land joining two large land masses or a peninsula to a mainland