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Atoll
A ring-shaped Island by coral reefs building up along the rim of an underwater volcano. The interior is filled with ocean water.
Photo by timo_w2s
Bay
A body of water partially surrounded by lAnd usually considered smaller than a gulf.
Photo by D.H. Parks
Butte
tall,steep-sided towers of rock that stick out above the land that were formerly part of a messa.
Photo by Wolfgang Staudt
Canyon
A deep narrow valley with steep sides and high walls that were carved out by a river.
Photo by Al_HikesAZ
Cape
A curved or pointed part of a coastline that sticks out into the water; often resembles a hook shape or comes to a point.
Photo by Bold Frontiers
Messa
A flat-topped elevated landform croded out of a plateau by the combination of wind and water.
Photo by Xavier Lambrecht
Channel
A wide waterway that lies between two land masses that generally lie close to each other.
Photo by Henry Patton
Delta
A sometimes triangular section of land built up at a river’s mouth formed by the deposition of sediment.
Photo by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
Fjord
A long, narrow, steep-sided glacial valley that is now filled with ocean water, created at land’s edge where glaciers feed and break of into the ocean.
Photo by Markus Trienke
Geyser
A jet hot water and steam that erupts from a deep hole in the earth’s crust where volcanism is or has occurred or where a hot spot is present.
Photo by Trey Ratcliff
Oasis
A place In the desert usually having water in it.
Photo by Trey Ratcliff
Peninsula
A narrow piece of land that sticks out and is surrounded on water by three sides.
Photo by Anubhav Saxena
Plateau
A flat, broad and uplifted that is higher the surrounding land. Usually includes a cliff.
Photo by Trey Ratcliff
