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Geography Skills
Lesson 6:
Review of Landform Features
Everyplaceonearth canbedescribedby itsnatural andhuman-made features.Weneed to review
these terms so that you canbetter understandwhat places look likewhen thewords areused.Wewill
beusing thesewords that describephysical features throughout our studyof theEasternHemisphere.
There are a few new terms that have not been covered in earlier grades, such aswadi andmassif.
ACTIVITY:
If needed, useanatlas, glossary, or dictionary tohelp youwith the followingactivity.Printed in thebox
are some commonwords for landforms. In a separate list are descriptions that match each landform.
Match each description to its geographic term by writing in the correct answer on the blank space.
Each phrase begins with “I am thinking of a term that means:”
atoll
archipelago
basin
cape
coast
continent
coral reef
dam
delta
desert
highland
island
isthmus
massif
mountain
oasis
peninsula
plain
plateau
savanna
steppes
taiga
valley
volcano
wadi
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1. an area of lowland between twomountains
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2. land bordering the sea or ocean
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3. a group of four or more islands
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4. a fan-shapeddeposit of land that collectsat themouthof some rivers 4.
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5. a landform smaller than a continent surrounded by water
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6. cold coniferous forests of northernAsia andEurope
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7. land that haswater on three of its sides
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8. huge grassy treeless plains of Europe andAsia
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9. a small, circular, coral reef island in thePacificOcean
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10. a type of mountain created by build up of rocks and lava
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from an opening in the earth’s crust
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11. a large area of sunken land shaped like a bowl
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12. a flat, level area of land
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13. a dry region of landwith little rainfall and vegetation
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14. asmaller areaof land that juts intoanocean, sea, or lake
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15. aplace in thedesert wherewater is foundnear ground level
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16. amountainous or hilly section of a country
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