Physical features

Justine Moran

Plain

• Definition: A large area of flat land with few trees.

• Example: the great plains in central U. S. A.

Isthmus

• Definition: A narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.

• Isthmus of Panama

Peninsula

• Definition: A piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water.

• Florida or Italy.

Archipelageo

• Definition: A sea or stretch of water containing many islands.

• The Florida Keys or The Aleutian Islands

Gulf

• Definition: A deep inlet of the sea almost surrounded by land, with a narrow mouth.

• the Mexican gulf

Canyon

• Definition: A deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it, as found in North America.

• The Grand Canyon is an example of a canyon.

Strait

• A narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two large areas of water: "the Strait of Gibraltar".

• some examples of a strait are Hawaii , New Zealand,and Australian strait.

Plateau

• An area of fairly level high ground.• The colorado plataeu

River Mouth

• A delta is a landform that is formed at the mouth of a river where that river flows into an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, reservoir, flat...

• Example: the brisbane river

Delta

• A triangular tract of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river.

• Example: river,moutain,lake,volcane,glassies,waterfall

Glacier

• A slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.

• In New Zealand there are Franz Josef glacier and Fox glacier

Island

• A piece of land surrounded by water.• Make into or like an island; place or enclose

on or as on an island; isolate.

Mountain Range

• A line of mountains connected by high ground.

• Everett Mountains, the mountain range in Nunavut, Canada

Channel

• A length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, esp. two seas.

• former Erie Canal.

Desert

• A dry, barren area of land, esp. one covered with sand.

• Abandon (a person, cause, or organization) in a way considered disloyal or treacherous