Objective: To examine the major forms of land masses and bodies of water.

Landforms and Landmasses Created by: Mr. Embry

Island – land area that is surrounded by water

Long Island

Archipelago – chain of islands

Hawaiian Islands

Cape – Narrow point of land that extends into a body of water

Cape Cod, MA

Peninsula – piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides

Florida

Hill – area of raised land that is lower and more rounded than a mountain

HillsAcadia National Park

Maine

Mountain – high, steep, rugged land that rises sharply above the surrounding land.

Elevation-Above Sea Level

Mount McKinley, Alaska

Plain – broad area of fairly level land that is generally close to sea level

PlainsCheyenne River Sioux Reservation

Wyoming

Plateau – large area of high, flat, or gently rolling land

Bateke PlateauGabon, Africa

Desert – area that has little or no moisture or vegetation

Sahara Desert, Africa

Coast – land that borders the sea

Jones Beach

Continent – any of seven large land masses on the Earth’s surface

South AmericaAntarctica

Australia

Asia

EuropeNorth America Africa

Isthmus – narrow strip of land joining two large land areas or joining a peninsula to a mainland.

Isthmus of Panama

Strait – narrow channel that connects two larger bodies of water

Strait of Gibraltar

Tributary – stream or small river that flows into a larger stream or river

River – large stream of water that empties into an ocean or lake or another river

Hudson and Mohawk Rivers

tributary map of Lake Erie

Bay – part of a body of water that is partly enclosed by land

Jamaica Bay

Gulf – arm of an ocean or sea that is partly enclosed by land, usually larger than a bay.

Gulf of Mexico

Lake – body of fresh water surrounded by land

Great Lakes

Sea – large body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean

Black Sea

Arctic

Ocean – any of the large bodies of salt water on the Earth’s surface.

Indian

Atlantic

Pacific

Canal- a waterway dug across land through which ships can pass.

Harbor- a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely.

Landforms Quiz• ___1. land area surrounded by water• ___ 2. chain of islands• ___ 3 narrow point of land that extends

into a body of water• ___ 4. piece of land that is surrounded

by water on three sides• ___ 5. area of raised land that is lower &

more rounded than a mountain

• ___6. high, steep, rugged land that rises

sharply above the surrounding land

Landforms Quiz Cont’d

• ___7. broad area of fairly level land that is generally close to sea level• ___8. large area of high, flat or gently rolling land• ___9. area that has little or no moisture or vegetation• ___10. land that borders the sea• ___11. any of seven landmasses on the Earth’s surface• ___12. narrow strip of land joining two large land masses or a peninsula to a mainland

Check your answers

• 1. K-island •8. E-plateau• 2. A-archipelago •9. C-desert• 3. J-cape •10. H-coast• 4. B-peninsula •11. G-continent• 5. I-hill •12. L-isthmus• 6. D-mountain• 7. F-plain