Geography Landforms Terms

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Across
  1. 1. An elongated lowland between ranges of mountains, hills, or other uplands, often having a river or stream running along the bottom
  2. 4. A large body of water, usually salt-water, partly or completely surrounded by land
  3. 5. A huge mass of ice slowly flowing over a land mass
  4. 7. A mountainous vent in the Earth’s crust. When a volcano erupts, it spews out lava, ash, and hot gases from deep inside the Earth
  5. 10. A high, rocky land, usually with steep sides and a pointed or rounded top, higher than a hill
  6. 13. A piece of land that extends into a body of water and is surrounded on three sides by water
  7. 14. A natural hot spring that occasionally sprays water and steam above the ground
  8. 15. A hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding area and has sloping sides and a flat top
  9. 16. A large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; extensive wooded area
  10. 17. Broad, flat, or gently rolling areas; usually low in elevation
  11. 20. Extensive area of flat or rolling; mostly treeless grassland
  12. 21. A narrow valley with steep sides; usually created by erosion
Down
  1. 2. Chain of islands
  2. 3. A place at the river’s mouth, where the river spits into many different sections, forming a marshy triangle
  3. 6. This landform is a piece of land completely surrounded by water
  4. 8. An area with very little rainfall or vegetation
  5. 9. A raised part of the earth’s surface with sloping sides; an old mountain which because of erosion has become rounder and shorter
  6. 11. The largest body of salt water; these cover ¾ of the earth’s surface
  7. 12. A narrow strip of land, like a bridge, connecting two larger strips of land
  8. 18. A large inland body of fresh water or salt water
  9. 19. A flat highland area with one steep face; an elevated plain