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Landform vocab.
Term | Definition |
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Plain | A large area of land that is flat and it has no trees. |
Tributary | A stream or river that flows into a lake or larger river. |
Glacier | A large body of ice slowly moving down a valley or a slope. |
Strait | A narrow channel of water that goes into two larger bodies of water. |
Island | A area of land completely surrounded by water. |
Peninsula | A strip of land that connects to a larger piece of land and goes into a body of water. |
Plateau | A flat highland with a steep face. |
Delta | A triangle shaped piece of land formed when a river splits into smaller rivers before going into the ocean. |
Isthmus | A narrow strip of land with water on both sides that joins two larger pieces of land |
Rift | A huge crack in the earths surface. |
Bog | Is wet spongy ground. |
Floodplain | level land that can be flooded by water |
Archipelago | A cluster of islands in open sea, formed by erosion. |
Fjord | A narrow entry of water that flows though mountains or land forms. |