Geography Landforms

A landform that is completely

surrounded by water.

• archipelago

• island

• cape

• peninsula

A group or chain of islands.

(Usually 4 or more.)

• mountain

• Valley

• island

• archipelago

A narrow stretch of land that is

Almost surrounded by water.

It has water on 3 sides.

• summit

• peninsula

• isthmus

• cape

A curved peninsula that

sticks out into a large

body of water to form a bay.

• cape

• geography

• valley

• sound

A narrow stretch of land (“land bridge”) connecting 2 larger bodies of land.

• peak

• isthmus

• valley

• Cape

High, rocky land with very steep sides. (A mountain range is a group or chain of mountains.)

• peak

• Valley

• summit

• mountain

The highest peak of a

mountain or hill.

• archipelago

• cape

• valley

• summit

The land between mountains or hills. “U” or “V” shaped.

• valley

• mountain

• cape

• island

The land formed by the sand, silt, rocks, clay, mud, trash, etc. that is deposited by a river at it flows into a larger body of water.

• valley

• delta

• reef

• gulf

An area of mostly flat land that is higher than the land around it.

• plateau

• shore

• reef

• mountain