LANDFORMS

VALLEY

• A low area between hills, depression that is longer than wide.
• Romsdalen in western Norway

PLAIN

• Large area with flat land and few trees
• Kansas

REEF

• Ridge of jagged rock, coral, or sand just above or below the surface oth the sea
• Great barrier reef

PLATEAU

• Area of highland, usually consisting of flat terrain
• Yellowstone plateau

ISLAND

• Any piece of sub-continental land surrounded by water
• Fiji

RIVER

• Natural watercourse flowing towards another body of water
• Mississippi river

LAKE

• Water basin apart from any water outlet that feeds or drains the lake
• Great salt lake

MOUNTAIN

• Large landform that stretches above surrounding land in a limited area
• Mount everest

STRAIT

• Narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water
• Denmark strait

PENINSULA

• Piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water
• Florida

ISTHMUS

• Narrow strip of land connectng two larger land areas
• Karelian isthmus

ARCHIPELAGO

• Group of islands
• Indonesia

CANYON

• Deep revine between cliffs and most often sculpted by erosion
• Great canyon

DELTA

• Forms at the mouth of a river where it flows into another body of water
• Delta of the nile

GULF

• Deep inlet of sea almost surrounded by land, with a narrow mouth
• Gulf of mexico