Physical and Human Geography

This landform is typically long, narrow, juts out from a continent, and is surrounded by water on three sides

• island
• peninsula
• delta
• strait

A long chain of high, rocky land, usually with steep sides and pointed or rounded tops, higher than a hill

• plains
• mountain range
• valley
• peninsula

broad, flat area, usually low in elevation

• canyon
• plateau
• plain
• delta

a raised, flat area of land

• valley
• plain
• mountain range
• plateau

a deep narrow valley with steep sides

• canyon
• plain
• delta
• plateau

a large stream of water flowing through the land into another body of water

• sea
• lake
• ocean
• river

a body of freshwater entirely surrounded by land

• sea
• lake
• ocean
• river

a body of water that stretches from an ocean or sea and cuts deep into the coastline, and enclosed by land on three sides

• river
• lake
• gulf
• sea

land built up by deposits of sand and silt at the mouth of some rivers

• delta
• plain
• gulf
• valley

a large body of saltwater that is partially or completely enclosed by land

• gulf
• ocean
• sea
• lake