basin, a natural depression in the earth's surface, usually holding water, bay, any inlet of an ocean, sea, or lake that extends into the land, beach, sandy, pebbly, or rocky shore of a body of water, canyon, a deep, narrow valley, usually with steep sides and river flowing through it, cape, a narrow piece of land projecting into the sea, cave, a deep hollowed-out area, often found in the side of a cliff or hill, desert, dry area of land having very little rainfall or plant life, glacier, large body of year-round ice and snow that moves slowly across the land, hill, a raised area of land; not as high as a mountain, island, a body of land completely surrounded by water, isthmus, narrow strip of land that connects two large landmasses and separates two bodies of water, lake, a body of water completely surrounded by land, lowlands, an area of land that is lower than the land around it, mesa, flat-topped, elevated landform, mountain, a large, steep area of land which usually rises more than 1,000 feet, peninsula, a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides, plateau, a raised, flat area of land that is higher than surrounding land, river, a large, natural stream which flows into a larger body of water, valley, long, low area of land between hills or mountain ranges, volcano, a mountain or hill whith a crater through which lava, rock, or gas erupts, waterfall, a steep fall or flow of water from a higher elevation, wetlands, water ecosystems, such as swamps, marshes, and mud flats.

WGS: Landforms Glossary 1

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