Landforms

VALLEY

• A LOW AREA OF LAND BETWEEN HILLS OR MOUNTAINS.
• Example: Yumthang Valley (India)

PLAIN

• A LARGE AREA OF FLAT LAND WITH FEW TREES.
• Example: The Great Plains

REEF

• A RIDGE OF JAGGED ROCK, CORAL, OR SAND JUST ABOVE/BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE SEA.
• Example: Barrier Reefs

PLATEAU

• AN AREA OF RELATIVELY LEVEL HIGH GROUND.
• Example: Kukenan Tepui (Venezuela)

ISLAND

• A PIECE OF LAND SURROUNDED BY WATER.
• Example: Moloka‘i, Hawwii

RIVER

• A LARGE NATURAL STREAM OF WATER FLOWING IN A CHANNEL TO THE SEA.
• Example: Mississippi River

LAKE

• A LARGE BODY OF WATER SURROUNDED BY LAND.
• Lake Erie (Michigan)

MOUNTAIN

• a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill.
• Example: Mount Everest

STRAIT

• a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two large areas of water.
• Example: Dardanelles Strait

PENINSULA

• a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water.
• Example: Iberian Peninsula

ISTHMUS

• narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.
• Example: Isthmus of Panama

ARCHIPELAGO

• A group of islands.
• Example: the Hawaiian Islands

CANYON

• a deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it.
• Example: The Grand Canyon

DELTA

• triangular mass of sediment, especially silt and sand, deposited at the mouth of a river.
• Example: the Nile Delta

GULF

• a deep inlet of the sea almost surrounded by land, with a narrow mouth.
• Example: Gulf of Mexico