Spelling Unit Landforms
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- lake
- a body of water completely surrounded by land
- peninsula
- a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides
- gulf
- a large area of ocean that is partly surrounded by land
- stalagmite
- a formation that is formed on the floor of a cave
- magma
- melted rock
- landforms
- the shapes on the earth's surface
- hills
- smaller, raised parts of the earth
- mountains
- landforms that rise above their surroundings
- formations
- something formed by nature
- valley
- a depression in the land
- cavern
- a naturally hollow place in the ground
- plateaus
- high, flat land
- plains
- large areas of flat or gently rolling land
- bay
- a small area of ocean partly surrounded by land
- stalactite
- a formation that hangs from the ceiling of a cave
- cape
- a part of land that extends into the ocean
- Isthmus
- a strip of land that connects two larger land areas
- earthquake
- the shaking and sliding of the Earth's crust
- volcano
- a mountain with an opening through which lava, ash, rocks and other materials come out
- strait
- a narrow water passage between two larger bodies of water