Relief Terminology

3. High area of land which is flat.
5. An area of low land.
6. They are marked on maps with a V shape in the contour lines.
9. The total length of the rivers and streams in an area.
10. Steep slopes on the sides of a landform.
12. An area of high or mountainous land.
14. It’s a spine connecting to the mountain which slopes downwards starting from a high point.

1. Shape of a channel. (Straight or Meandering)
2. The area which is exposed to river floods.
4. Long narrow area of rock on mountains. Also called arêtes.
7. Streams which have a rectangular shape when streams meet at right angles from each other.
8. Tree-like pattern of streams.
11. When streams flow outwards from a source at a high point.
13. Contour lines showing the steepness of an area.