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Basin | An area of land drained by a river and its tributaries. |
Beach | The sandy or rocky land at the edge of an ocean, sea, or lake. |
Canyon | This is a long narrow valley with high, steep sides. |
Cape | A pointed piece of land that projects from a coastline. |
Cliff | This is a sheer, steep face of rock. |
Delta | This is a deposit of sand and soil at the mouth of a river. |
Escarpment | This is a steep cliff. |
Knoll | An even smaller hill is called this. |
Mountain | This is the landform highest above sea level. |
Ocean Trench | A deep, narrow canyon in the ocean floor is called this. |
Pampas | This is an extensive generally grass covered plain. |
Peninsula | What a body of land surrounded by water on three sides is called. |
Plain | This is an area of level or rolling land. |
Sea | A large body of salt water wholly or partly enclosed by land. |
Range | A row or chain of mountains can be called this. |
Savanna | A grassland located in the tropics of this. |
Steppe | Russia is famous for this flat, treeless, semiarid land. |
Gulf | A large area of salt water larger than a bay reaching into land. |
Swamp | This is low-lying land on which water collects. |
Tundra | In the artic regions a flat or rolling plain is called this. |
Prairie | This French word stands for a temperate grassland with few trees. |
Archipelago | A group or chain of island. |
River | A natural stream of water larger than a creek emptying into an ocean, lake, or another river. |
Badlands | This rocky wasteland has been carved by erosion into intricate. |
Canopy | Top layer of a rain forest where the tops of tall trees come together. |
Coastal Plain | A level or rolling piece of land at, near, or along the coast. |
Continent | This term can refer to any of the seven largest land masses on earth. |
Crust | The earth's surface is made up of this very thin layer of solid rock. |
Island | Any body of land completely surrounded by water can be called this. |
Dune | This is what we call a ridge of sand piled up by the wind. |
Bay | A part of a sea or lake, indenting the shore line not as large as a gulf. |
Strait | A narrow waterway connecting two large bodies of water. |