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Landform definitions

Match vocabulary and images with definitions for landforms that can be found in California. Credit for most images goes to pics4learning.com. The fault image belongs to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Alluvial fan, Sloping deposit of sediment formed when a stream leaves a mountain range.
Basin, Broad, bowl-shaped valley.
Beach, Wave-washed sediment along a coast.
Crater, Bowl-shaped area around a volcano's central opening.
Canyon, Large channel bed between mountain peaks formed by erosion.
Cave, A hollow opening in the Earth's surface that is more or less horizontal.
Cinder cone, Steep, cone-shaped hill made of volcanic ash and cinders.
Cliff, A more or less vertical drop from a mountain peak.
Delta, Sediment deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake.
Dome mountain, A mountain formed by pressure from magma beneath the Earth's surface.
Fault, A break or crack in Earth's lithosphere along which the rocks move.
Fault-block mountain, A mountain formed when the area on one side of a fault is uplifted.
Glaciers, A large mass of moving ice and snow on land.
Gully, A shallow groove in soil formed by erosion, often on the side of hills or mountains.
Headland, A part of the shore that sticks out into the ocean.
Island, Land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
Marsh, An area of low wet land, often treeless with grasses and rushes.
Mountain, A landform with high elevations and high relief.
Plain, Landform of flat land with low relief.
Plateau, A landform that has high elevation and a more or less level surface.
Sand dune, A deposit of wind-blown sand.
Valley, A depression between uplands, hills, or mountains.
Volcano, A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface.
Wash, A shallow depression formed by flowing water, often on flat land.
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