The document provides a glossary of landforms, defining terms such as archipelago, canyon, channel, cove, equator, fjord, geyser, glacier, gulf, island, lagoon, latitude, longitude, plain, plateau, prairie, sea, swamp, tributary, tundra, and volcano. Each term is accompanied by a brief description and an example, illustrating their characteristics and significance. This glossary serves as an educational resource for understanding various geographical features.

1. Landform Glossary
Ms. Tulbure’s Class
November 2012

2. archipelago
 A archipelago is a chief
sea .
 The Malay archipelago is
also called East Indian.
By Michael

3. bay
A body of water that is
partly enclosed by land,
usually smaller than a
gulf.
Hudson Bay was named
for the English explorer
Henry Hudson, who
reached the bay in 1610.
By Trevor

4. canyon
• A canyon is a deep
valley with steep sides
• The Grand Canyon is
one of the largest
most beautiful canyons
in the world.
By Ava

5. channel
∗ A channel is a body of
water that connects two
larger bodies of water.
∗ Channel Islands National
Park is west of us.
By Andia

6. Cove
 A cove is water under a
dock . They have fish under
. They are close to the
ocean .
 Manly Cove is named after
Governor Arthur Phillip.
By:Luke

7. equator
The equator is the great circle
of the earth that lies halfway
between the north and south
poles.
The area near the equator is
very hot.

8. fjord
 A fjord is a long narrow
winding inlet or arm of the
sea.
 Fjord is a Norwegian word.
By Jake

9. geyser
A geyser is a underground
spring that shoots hot
water. does It is like a
volcano but it does not
shoot lava and the volcano
is not underground
The most famous geyser
in the world is probably
“Old Faithful”
B
y

10. Glacier
 A large ice block that flows
over the land.
 Glacier Bay National Park lies
in southeastern Alaska, about
100 miles.
By Mireya

11. gulf
 A gulf is a part of the
ocean (or sea) that is
partly surrounded by
land ( it is usually larger
than a bay).
 The gulf of Mexico is a
huge body of water in
North America.
By John

12. island
 An island is a piece of land
that is surrounded by water.
 Easter island lies in the south
pacific ocean about (2,300
miles 3,700 kilometers) west
of Chile.
By Sadie

13. lagoon
 A lagoon is a body of water
that is partly or completely
separated from the open
sea.
 The water that separates
the lagoon can have a
coral reef.
By Henry

14. latitude
Parallels of latitude run
east and west along
Earth’s surface
By Gia

15. longitude
 Meridians of longitude run
north and south along the
surface of Earth.
 Mapmakers think of Earth
as a huge globe that is
divided into 360 equal
slices.
By Annika

16. plain
 A plan is a big stretch of
land that is nearly flat.
 The Great Plains is a dry
grassy area in North
America.
By Gabe

17. Plateau
• A plateau is a high flat land.
• Streams and river often cut
deep valleys into plateaus.
• The world’s biggest plateau
is in Antarctica.
By Nikolas

18. prairie
Prairies are regions of flat
or hilly land.
There are prairies in most of
Oklahoma, Kansas,
Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois,
North Dakota.

19. sea
 A large body of salty water
 The Baltic Sea is a part of
the Atlantic Ocean. There
are many fish in the sea.
By Nathan

20. swamp
• A swamp is an wet
muddy land cover with
plants .
• You can fall into a
swamp
By aliya

21. tributary
 A stream that flows into a
larger stream or body of
water.
 The Ohio River is one of
the tributaries of the
Mississippi River.
By Oliver

22. tundra
• A cold dry region covered by
snow.
• Trees do not grow in tundras.
• Tundras have lots of animals.
By Carter

23. volcano
 Volcanoes begin when hot melted
rock called magma rises from deep
within the earth.
They are very dangers and deadly.
There is a volcano named Kilauea
that is at Hawaii.
By Matteo