Landforms
Across
- 3. mountain or hill created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the earth
- 5. (of a river) place where a stream or river flows into a larger body of water
- 6. small river or stream that flows into a large river or stream; a branch of the river
- 8. point of land that extends into a river, lake, or ocean
- 10. large, thick body of slowly moving ice
- 12. area of low land usually between hills or mountains
- 14. a sizable inland body of water
- 18. body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water
- 19. narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water
- 21. land area, smaller than a continent,completely surrounded by water
- 23. a single, flat-topped peak, ridge, or hill encircled by steep rocky cliffs and rising above the plain
- 24. deep and narrow valley with steep walls
Down
- 1. a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, often more heavily indented than a bay
- 2. a series of connected mountains
- 4. an area that contains a chain or group of islands scattered in lakes, rivers, or the ocean
- 7. a long, narrow, deep sea inlet made by the submergence of a glaciated valley between tall cliffs
- 9. a flat, softly sloped, or gently sloped area made by rapid water depositing alluvial silt
- 11. narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas
- 13. area of flat or rolling land at high elevation, about 300 to 3000 feet high
- 15. flat, low-lying land formed by silt carried downstream and deposited near the river's mouth
- 16. area of level land, usually at low elevation and often covered with grasses
- 17. ridges and edges formed by a glacier's rocks and sediment
- 20. land drained by a certain river and its branches; land surrounded by higher elevation lands
- 22. a body of water that extends into a shoreline, usually less than a gulf