Name __________________________________________ Date ________ Pd. _______ #________
Landforms review worksheet #1
Fill in the blanks with the landforms that complete each sentence.
Archipelago
Basin Canyon
Cave
Continent
Coast Delta
Desert
Forest
Grassland
Hill
Island
Isthmus
Mountain
Mountain Range
Peninsula
Plain
Plateau
Prairie
Rain Forest
Swamp
Tundra
Valley
1. ________________ are large areas of land densely covered with trees, plants, and underbrush.
2. A large, high elevation of land with steep sides that is larger than a hill is known as a
__________________________.
3. An ____________________ is a body of land that is smaller than a continent and completely
surrounded by water.
4. ___________________ are large areas covered with grass or grass like plants, such as a prairie
or meadow.
5. A ________________________ is a dense forest, usually tropical, that receives at least 100
inches of rainfall per year.
6. _______________________ is a cold, treeless plain where the ground is permanently frozen.
7. Flat land with few trees is called a __________________.
8. A ________________________ is low land between hills or mountains.
9. An ____________________________ is a chain of islands
10. _______________ are large holes in the side of a hill or mountain.
11. A ____________________ is an area of high, flat land with steep sides
12. A narrow valley with steep cliff walls on the sides, often with a river flowing through it is called
a _____________________.
13. ____________________ are a type of freshwater wetland that has spongy land and a lot of
water.
14. A ___________________ is a bowl-shaped depression in the land, or a region that is drained by
a specific river system
15. A chain of mountains is called a ________________________________.
16. _______________________ are areas of flat or rolling land that is mostly covered by grasses or
wildflowers.
17. Triangle shaped area of land found at the mouth of a river is a ___________________.
18. ______________________ are a natural elevation of land that is lower than a mountain and
often rounded
19. Land that is almost completely surrounded by water; on three sides is known as an
____________________.
20. _____________________ are one of the seven large land masses on Earth
21. An _______________________ is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
22. Land along a sea or ocean is known as the _________________.
23. __________________ are dry land with few trees.