landforms

2. very dry area
6. low place between mountains
7. narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses. An isthmus has water on two sides.
12. large, flat area of land that is higher than surrounding land.
13. deep valley with very steep sides - often carved from the Earth by a river.
14. mountainous vent in the Earth's crust
16. very tall high, natural place on Earth - higher than a hill
17. large body of water surrounded by land on all sides.

1. piece of land that is surrounded by water (a group is an archipelago)
3. large, flowing body of water that empties into an ocean
4. flat lands
5. low, watery land formed at the mouth of a river from the silt that flows downstream in the river and is deposited.
8. narrow body of water between two pieces of land
9. depression, or dip, in the Earth's surface. Basins are shaped like bowls, with sides higher than the bottom.
10. body of water that is partly enclosed by land (a large one is usually called a gulf)
11. land that is surrounded by water on three sides
15. large body of salt water