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What is an island?
What is an island?
- A body of land completely surrounded by water (correct)
- A large body of water surrounded by land
- A narrow passage of water connecting two bodies of water
- Land surrounded on three sides by water
What is a lake?
What is a lake?
A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
Define a cape.
Define a cape.
Land surrounded on three sides by water.
What is a bay?
What is a bay?
What is an isthmus?
What is an isthmus?
What is a strait?
What is a strait?
Define a peninsula.
Define a peninsula.
What is a gulf?
What is a gulf?
What is a fjord?
What is a fjord?
Define a mountain.
Define a mountain.
What is a mountain range?
What is a mountain range?
What is a mountain pass?
What is a mountain pass?
Define a glacier.
Define a glacier.
What is an iceberg?
What is an iceberg?
What is an archipelago?
What is an archipelago?
Define a river basin.
Define a river basin.
What is an estuary?
What is an estuary?
What is a delta?
What is a delta?
Define a waterfall.
Define a waterfall.
What is a tributary?
What is a tributary?
Define a volcano.
Define a volcano.
What is a caldera?
What is a caldera?
What is a crater?
What is a crater?
Define a cave.
Define a cave.
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Land Forms
- An island is land entirely surrounded by water.
- A lake is usually a fresh body of water surrounded by land.
- A cape is a landform surrounded by water on three sides.
- A bay is water encircled on three sides by land.
- An isthmus connects two larger land areas with a narrow strip of land, flanked by water.
- A strait is a slim waterway linking two larger bodies of water.
- A peninsula is land extending into a body of water, also surrounded on three sides.
- A gulf is a significant body of water that extends into land, larger and deeper than a bay.
Water Features
- A fjord is a deep, narrow inlet of the sea bordered by steep cliffs.
- An estuary is the wide section of a river where it approaches the sea, exhibiting brackish water.
- A delta forms where a river splits into smaller parts before entering a larger body of water, typically triangular in shape.
- A waterfall is a cascade of water falling from a height.
- A river is a substantial flowing body of water, larger than a creek.
- A tributary is a smaller stream or river that feeds into a larger river.
Mountainous Features
- A mountain features steep sides and rises more than 1,000 feet above the surrounding terrain, larger and more rugged than a hill.
- A mountain range comprises interconnected mountains.
- A mountain pass is a narrow passage located through a mountain range.
- A glacier represents slowly moving ice masses.
- An iceberg is a significant piece of floating ice in the sea.
- A caldera is a large depression formed when a volcano erupts violently and collapses.
- A crater is a bowl-shaped cavity surrounding a volcano's opening.
Additional Features
- An archipelago is a collection of numerous islands.
- River basins encompass the total area drained by a river and its tributaries.
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