Landforms

What is an imaginary line where one area ends and another begins?

• boundary

• mesa

• butte

• plateau

What is a large FLAT area?

• mountain

• plain

• desert

• island

What is a natural rise in the earth's surface that is larger than a hill?

• desert

• plain

• hill

• mountain

What is a large, dry area that receives very little rainfall?

• plain

• butte

• desert

• canyon

What is a large level (flat) region raised above the land next to it?

• delta

• valley

• plain

• plateau

What is created where a river flows into a larger body of water, such as an ocean or lake?

• delta

• valley

• basin

• island

What is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger areas and separates two bodies of water?

• boundary

• desert

• isthmus

• delta

What is a piece of land surrounded by water?

• peninsula

• island

• valley

• canyon

What is a dip in the earth's surface that is shaped like a bowl?

• valley

• canyon

• isthmus

• basin

What is the low area between two mountains or hills?

• valley

• mesa

• desert

• island