Bentley Jian Enero 10 – Responsibility
Continental Landforms
Alluvial fan
- is a triangle-shaped deposit of gravel, sand, and even smaller pieces of sediment, such as silt.
Archipelago
- an area that contains a chain or group of islands scattered in lakes, rivers, or the ocean.
Barrier sound bar
- are exposed sandbars that may have formed during the period of high-water level of a storm or during
the high-tide season.
Basin
- is a depression, or dip, in the Earth's surface.
Beach
- a shore of a body of water covered by sand, gravel, or larger rock fragments.
Butte
- are tall, flat-topped, steep-sided towers of rock.
Canyon
- is a deep, narrow valley with steep sides.
Cape
- is a high point of land that extends into a river, lake, or ocean.
Delta
- are wetlands that form as rivers empty their water and sediment into another body of water.
Divide
- is the elevated boundary separating areas that are drained by different river systems.
Flood plain
- is a generally flat area of land next to a river or stream.
Glacier
- is a large, perennial accumulation of crystalline ice, snow, rock, sediment, and often liquid water that
originates on land and moves down slope under the influence of its own weight and gravity.
Gulf
- is a portion of the ocean that penetrates land.
Harbor
- is a body of water sheltered by natural or artificial barriers.
Hills
- is s a piece of land that rises higher than everything surrounding it.
Island
- a tract of land surrounded by water and smaller than a continent.
Isthmus
- is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses and separates two bodies of water.
Lake
- is a body of water that is surrounded by land.
Mesa
- is a flat-topped mountain or hill.
Moraine
- is material left behind by a moving glacier.
Mountain
- a landform that rises at least 1,000 feet (300 meters) or more above its surrounding area.
Ocean
- is a continuous body of salt water that is contained in an enormous basin on Earth's surface.
Peninsula
- is a piece of land that is almost entirely surrounded by water but is connected to the mainland on one
side.
Plain
- is a broad area of relatively flat land.
Plateau
- is a flat, elevated landform that rises sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side.
River
- is a ribbon-like body of water that flows downhill from the force of gravity
River mouth
- it is the place where a river enters a lake, larger river, or the ocean.
River source
- is the place where a river begins.
River valley
- is a low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or a stream flowing through it.
Strait
- is a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water
Sound
- is a valley that has been filled with sea water. However, a sound is usually formed by the flooding of a
river valley, not a glacial valley.
Tributary
- is a freshwater stream that feeds into a larger stream or river.
Volcano
- is defined as an opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases erupt.
Waterfall
- is a river or other body of water's steep fall over a rocky ledge into a plunge pool below
