Landform Vocabulary

a high area of land with steep sides and sharp peaks

• mountain

• desert

• delta

a body of water flowing over the land to a larger body of water

• cape

• lake

• river

an elevated flat piece of land usually connected to a water source

• island

• plateau

• strait

an area of land with little to no rainfall and little plant and animal life

• desert

• delta

• river

a fan-shaped structure at the mouth of a river made by sediment depsits

• island

• delta

• river

a body of land with 3 sides surrounded by water

• peninsula

• cape

• island

a point of land extending into a body of water

• river

• cape

• mountain

a piece of land that is flat usually connected to some water source

• desert

• river

• plain

a narrow body of water that connects 2 larger bodies of water

• strait

• cape

• plain

a body of land completely surrounded by water

• island

• delta

• peninsula