Basic Landforms

Front

This is a landform surrounded completely by water.

Back

island

Front

This is a landform surrounded by water on 3 sides.

Back

peninsula

Front

This landform is high, flat land.

Back

plateau

Front

This landform is low land between mountains.

Back

valley

Front

This landform has a peak.

Back

mountain

Front

This is a bowl-shaped landform surrounded by higher land.

Back

basin

Front

This landform is like a land bridge.

Back

isthmus

Front

This is a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water.

Back

strait

Front

This is formed at the mouth of a river, where the river flows into an ocean, sea, or lake.

Back

delta

Front

A broad area of relatively flat land.

Back

plain