Basic Landforms

This is a landform surrounded completely by water.

• island

• peninsula

• basin

• Alaska

This is a landform surrounded by water on 3 sides.

• island

• peninsula

• trench

• marsh

This landform is high, flat land.

• peninsula

• basin

• plateau

• valley

This landform is low land between mountains.

• archipelago

• valley

• plateau

• delta

This landform has a peak.

• mountain

• valley

• trench

• isthmus

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

• isthmus

• basin

• plateau

• canyon

This landform is like a land bridge.

• island

• canyon

• isthmus

• archipelago

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

• delta

• strait

• isthmus

• bay

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

• delta

• plateau

• isthmus

• strait

A broad area of relatively flat land.

• island

• mountain

• plain

• delta