bay, a body of water partially surrounded by land, usually forming an indentation along a shoreline, glacier, a huge, slow-moving body of ice formed from snow over many years, peninsula, a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides, canyon, a deep, narrow valley with steep rock sides, often carved out by a flowing river over millions of years, oasis, a green, lush area in a desert where water is found underground so that plants and trees to grow, isthmus, a narrow strip of land next to water on two sides that connects two larger landmasses, waterfall, a place where water flows rapidly over a steep vertical drop or cliff, desert, an extremely dry area of land that receives very little annual rainfall, cliff, a high, steep face of rock or earth, often found along coastlines or in mountainous regions, ocean, a vast body of saltwater that covers nearly 70% of the Earth's surface, volcano, an opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases erupt, valley, a low area of land between hills or mountains, often containing a river or stream, cave, a natural underground area formed within rock or in the side of a cliff/hill, island, a landmass entirely surrounded by water, rainforest, a dense, lush forest located in tropical or temperate regions that gets heavy rainfall year-round, stream, a small, narrow body of flowing water, plain, a broad, flat area of land with gentle slopes and few or no trees, beach, a shore along a body of water covered in sand, gravel, or pebbles, iceberg, a large mass of freshwater ice that has broken off from a glacier or ice sheet and floats in open water, river, a large natural flow of water traveling toward an ocean, sea, lake, or another river, mountain, a natural elevation of the Earth's surface with steep sides and a prominent summit, rising much higher than a hill, woods, an area of land thickly covered with trees, smaller in scale than a forest, pond, a small, shallow body of still water, smaller than a lake, coast, the land bordering or near an ocean or sea, forest, a vast land region with many trees, plants, and wildlife, lake, a large body of inland water completely surrounded by land, hills, raised areas of land that are higher than surrounding ground, but shorter and less steep than mountains, savanna, a tropical or subtropical grassland ecosystem characterized by widely spaced, scattered trees that allow enough sunlight for dense grass

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