{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/geo-landforms-vocabulary",
 "id": "geo-landforms-vocabulary",
 "title": "Landforms and Bodies of Water",
 "category": "geography",
 "subject": "Geography",
 "levels": [
  "k-2",
  "3-5",
  "6-8"
 ],
 "description": "Words for the shapes of the land and water on Earth.",
 "tags": [
  "landforms",
  "vocabulary",
  "water"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Word",
 "backLabel": "Meaning",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Mountain",
   "A very high, steep piece of land that rises above the land around it"
  ],
  [
   "Hill",
   "A rounded piece of land higher than the land around it, but lower than a mountain"
  ],
  [
   "Valley",
   "Low land between hills or mountains"
  ],
  [
   "Plain",
   "A large, flat area of land"
  ],
  [
   "Plateau",
   "A high, flat area of land"
  ],
  [
   "Mesa",
   "A flat-topped hill with steep sides, found in dry places"
  ],
  [
   "Butte",
   "A small, steep hill with a flat top, narrower than a mesa"
  ],
  [
   "Canyon",
   "A deep valley with steep rock sides, often cut by a river"
  ],
  [
   "Gorge",
   "A narrow, steep-sided valley"
  ],
  [
   "Cliff",
   "A high, steep rock face"
  ],
  [
   "Cave",
   "A hollow place in rock or a hillside"
  ],
  [
   "Volcano",
   "A mountain with an opening where hot melted rock can erupt"
  ],
  [
   "Crater",
   "A bowl-shaped hole at the top of a volcano or made by an impact"
  ],
  [
   "Glacier",
   "A huge, slow-moving river of ice"
  ],
  [
   "Iceberg",
   "A large piece of ice floating in the sea"
  ],
  [
   "Desert",
   "A very dry place that gets little rain"
  ],
  [
   "Dune",
   "A hill of sand built by the wind"
  ],
  [
   "Oasis",
   "A place in a desert where water lets plants grow"
  ],
  [
   "Prairie",
   "A large grassland with few trees"
  ],
  [
   "Tundra",
   "A cold, treeless land where the ground below the top is frozen"
  ],
  [
   "Savanna",
   "A grassland with scattered trees in a warm place"
  ],
  [
   "Forest",
   "A large area covered with trees"
  ],
  [
   "Rainforest",
   "A thick forest in a warm place with lots of rain"
  ],
  [
   "Swamp",
   "Wet land covered with water and trees"
  ],
  [
   "Marsh",
   "Wet, soft land with grasses and reeds"
  ],
  [
   "Wetland",
   "Land that is soaked with water much of the year"
  ],
  [
   "Peninsula",
   "Land almost surrounded by water, joined to the mainland on one side"
  ],
  [
   "Island",
   "Land completely surrounded by water"
  ],
  [
   "Archipelago",
   "A group or chain of islands"
  ],
  [
   "Isthmus",
   "A narrow strip of land joining two larger land areas"
  ],
  [
   "Cape",
   "A point of land that sticks out into the sea"
  ],
  [
   "Coast",
   "Land along the edge of the sea"
  ],
  [
   "Beach",
   "A sandy or pebbly shore by the water"
  ],
  [
   "Bay",
   "Part of the sea that curves into the land"
  ],
  [
   "Gulf",
   "A large bay, partly closed in by land"
  ],
  [
   "Strait",
   "A narrow waterway that joins two larger bodies of water"
  ],
  [
   "Channel",
   "A wide strait or a deep path for water or ships"
  ],
  [
   "Fjord",
   "A long, narrow sea inlet with steep cliffs on both sides"
  ],
  [
   "Harbor",
   "A sheltered place where ships can stay safe"
  ],
  [
   "Delta",
   "Land formed where a river drops mud and sand as it reaches the sea"
  ],
  [
   "Estuary",
   "The wide mouth of a river where fresh water meets the sea"
  ],
  [
   "Lake",
   "A large body of water surrounded by land"
  ],
  [
   "Pond",
   "A small body of still water"
  ],
  [
   "River",
   "A large stream of water that flows to a lake or sea"
  ],
  [
   "Stream",
   "A small, narrow river"
  ],
  [
   "Waterfall",
   "Water falling from a high place over a cliff"
  ],
  [
   "Spring",
   "A place where water flows naturally out of the ground"
  ],
  [
   "Source (of a river)",
   "The place where a river starts"
  ],
  [
   "Mouth (of a river)",
   "The place where a river ends and flows into a sea or lake"
  ],
  [
   "Tributary",
   "A smaller river or stream that flows into a bigger river"
  ],
  [
   "Watershed",
   "Land where all the water drains into one river or lake"
  ],
  [
   "Basin",
   "A low area of land, often drained by a river"
  ],
  [
   "Reef",
   "A ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the sea"
  ],
  [
   "Atoll",
   "A ring-shaped coral island around a lagoon"
  ],
  [
   "Lagoon",
   "A shallow body of water cut off from the sea by a reef or sand bar"
  ],
  [
   "Geyser",
   "A hot spring that shoots water and steam into the air"
  ],
  [
   "Foothills",
   "Low hills at the bottom of a mountain range"
  ],
  [
   "Mountain range",
   "A long row of connected mountains"
  ],
  [
   "Summit",
   "The very top of a mountain"
  ],
  [
   "Slope",
   "A surface that is higher at one end than the other"
  ],
  [
   "Badlands",
   "Dry land worn by wind and water into strange shapes"
  ],
  [
   "Continental divide",
   "A ridge that sends rivers to opposite sides of a continent"
  ],
  [
   "Sea level",
   "The height of the ocean's surface, used as zero for measuring height"
  ]
 ]
}