Types of Landforms Quiz

Landforms

• Mountains, plains, and plateaus are the main types of landforms
• A canyon is a deep narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through it
• A cape is a point of land that extends out into the sea or a lake
• A delta is a wetland that forms as rivers empty their water and sediment into another body of water
• A desert is dry land with few plants and little rainfall
• A glacier is a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
• An island is an area of land surrounded by water and smaller than a continent
• An isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
• A mountain is a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill
• A peninsula is a piece of land nearly surrounded by water or sticking out into the water
• A plain is a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
• A plateau is a broad, flat area of high land
• A hill is a rounded height of land lower than a mountain
• A rainforest is an often tropical woodland with a high annual rainfall and very tall evergreen trees with tops that form a continuous layer
• A savannah is a grassland (like in eastern Africa or northern South America) containing scattered trees
• A swamp is an area of land that is permanently saturated or filled with water
• A valley is an area of lowland between ranges of hills or mountains
• A volcano is a vent in the earth's crust from which melted or hot rock and steam come out

Bodies of Water

• Bodies of water are important for many reasons, including transportation of goods, travel, erosion, and vegetation