Geography - Landforms

Can you identify the correct geographical landforms?

A group or chain of islands.

A broad depression in the earth's surface.

The shore of an ocean, lake, river, or other body of water; covered by sand or rock.

An artificial offshore construction that protects the shore from wave damage and protects ships in a harbor.

A narrow body of water built for shipping, irrigation, or drainage.

A narrow valley with steep sides that often has water flowing along its floor.

A steep landform of rock or earth, sometimes called a bluff.

One of seven large landmasses on the earth's surface.

A barrier built to hold water or to stop its flow.

Land affected by extremely dry conditions; usually supports little or no vegetation.

Land created from the soils deposited at the mouth of a river.

The point from which rivers flow in opposite directions.

A narrow body of water, carved by glaciers, extending from the sea between steep cliffs.

The hilly area at the base of a mountain range.

A large mass of moving ice.

A large body of water that extends inland from an ocean, such as the one off the coast of Texas.

A generally rounded land that rises at least 500 feet and has local relief of less than 2,000 feet.

A mass of floating ice that has broken off from a glacier.

Land completely surrounded by water.

A narrow piece of land that connects two larger land masses.

A body of water completely surrounded by land.

Low land with moist soils and tall grasses.

A landform distinguished by steep slopes, local relief of at least 2,000 feet, and high elevations.

The place where a river or stream enters a larger body of water.

A fertile area where water is available in a desert.

A narrow piece of land surrounded on three sides by water.

A landform characterized by nearly level or gently rolling land, and with little slope and low local relief.

A generally flat area that rises far above the surrounding land on at least one side and has little slope, high elevation, and low local relief.

A city where ships load and unload goods.

Shallow, often rocky, part of a river where the current moves swiftly.

Landform composed of rock or sand at or near the water's surface.

A man-made body of water used for water storage; often created by a dam.

The place where a river or stream begins.

A narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water.

Land that is always wet and sometimes covered with water. May be forested, often with mangrove trees.

The line on a mountain above which trees do not grow.

A stream or river that flows into a larger river.

Low land between hills or mountains; a river often flows across its floor.

Mountain or hill formed from layers of lava that solidify after an eruption, and from which rocks, steam, gas, and ash may erupt.