forms of land and water

Cards (18)

  • Highest regions of deformed and disturbed rocks
    Mountains
  • a low lying area between 2 mountains or hills
    Valleys
  • They are usually grassy areas with a few trees

    Plains
  • Vast flat lands that roll slightly
    Plains
  • is a body of land surrounded by water
    island
  • sometimes called Aits or Eyots
    Island
  • tiny island are often called __
    islets
  • Elevated landform lower and less than a mountain
    hills
  • they may form through ice glaciers, water currents, and deposition
    hills
  • usually low in oxygen
    wetlands
  • is the part of the earth where water is found Hydrosphere
  • is the part of the earth where water is found

    Hydrosphere
  • Largest body of water
    Ocean
  • average salinity of 35 grams of salt
    Ocean
  • large body of salt connected to the ocean

    Sea
  • larger streams are called

    tributaries
  • tiny stream that drains surface water.
    river
  • completely surrounded by land
    lake