Landforms Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. large, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land
  2. 4. deep valley with very steep sides
  3. 6. land surrounded by water on three sides, attached to the mainland by a small strip of land. A cape can also be this.
  4. 10. body of water that is surrounded by land on three sides
  5. 11. low, watery land formed at the mouth of a river; formed by silt, sand, and rocks
  6. 12. flat area of land that has grasses and only a few trees
  7. 13. level the average height, or elevation, of the sea surface
  8. 15. wetland close to areas of low elevation, usually close to lakes and rivers
Down
  1. 1. low place between mountains, with a river flowing between it
  2. 2. flat land that is beside a river formed by sediment carried by the river
  3. 4. steep piece of rocky land, usually by water
  4. 5. slowly moving block of ice
  5. 7. piece of land that is surrounded by water on all sides
  6. 8. wetland surrounded by trees and has spongy, muddy land and a lot of water
  7. 9. treeless flat area close to the North Pole where the soil is frozen
  8. 11. very dry area, with little precipitation (rain)
  9. 12. flat lands that have only small changes in elevation
  10. 14. pointed piece of land that sticks out into a sea, ocean, lake, or river