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    This document is a quiz to test identification of various landforms. It includes images of 23 landforms like mountains, volcanoes, lakes, basins, waterfalls, buttes, plateaus, canyons, tributaries, rivers, plains, harbors, beaches, straits, capes, gulfs, isthmuses, peninsulas, islands, and deltas. It also provides definitions for 7 additional landforms: alluvial fans, divides, mesas, moraines, sandbars, river mouths, and flood plains.

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    This document is a quiz to test identification of various landforms. It includes images of 23 landforms like mountains, volcanoes, lakes, basins, waterfalls, buttes, plateaus, canyons, tributaries, rivers, plains, harbors, beaches, straits, capes, gulfs, isthmuses, peninsulas, islands, and deltas. It also provides definitions for 7 additional landforms: alluvial fans, divides, mesas, moraines, sandbars, river mouths, and flood plains.

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    This document is a quiz to test identification of various landforms. It includes images of 23 landforms like mountains, volcanoes, lakes, basins, waterfalls, buttes, plateaus, canyons, tributaries, rivers, plains, harbors, beaches, straits, capes, gulfs, isthmuses, peninsulas, islands, and deltas. It also provides definitions for 7 additional landforms: alluvial fans, divides, mesas, moraines, sandbars, river mouths, and flood plains.

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    This document is a quiz to test identification of various landforms. It includes images of 23 landforms like mountains, volcanoes, lakes, basins, waterfalls, buttes, plateaus, canyons, tributaries, rivers, plains, harbors, beaches, straits, capes, gulfs, isthmuses, peninsulas, islands, and deltas. It also provides definitions for 7 additional landforms: alluvial fans, divides, mesas, moraines, sandbars, river mouths, and flood plains.

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    IdentifyLandformsQuiz!

    Nameeachlandformbylookingcloselyattheimageabove.
    1

    Mountain

    Volcano

    Lake

    Basin

    Waterfall

    Butte

    Plateau

    Canyon

    Tributary

    10

    River

    11

    Plain

    12

    Harbour

    13

    Beach

    14

    Strait

    15

    Cape

    16

    Gulf

    17

    Isthmus

    18

    Peninsula

    19

    Island

    20

    Delta

    21

    Sound

    22

    Ocean

    23

    Archipelago

    Writeadefinitionforeachofthefollowinglandforms:

    Alluvialfan

    Analluvialfanisatriangle-shapeddepositofgravel,sand,andevensmallerpiecesofsediment,
    suchassilt.Thissedimentiscalledalluvium.Alluvialfansareusuallycreatedasflowingwater
    interactswithmountains,hills,orthesteepwallsofcanyons.

    Divide

    Adivideisthehighestridgeofterrainseparatingriverbasins
    .
    Dividescanberelativelysmalland
    coverjustafewdozenmiles,ortheycanstretchthousandsofmiles.Oneithersideofadivide,
    waterdrainsintoseparatebasins

    Mesa

    anisolatedflat-toppedhillwithsteepsides,foundinlandscapeswithhorizontalstrata.

    Moraine

    amassofrocksandsedimentcarrieddownanddepositedbyaglacier,typicallyasridgesatits
    edgesorextremity.

    Sandbar

    adepositofsandformingashallowareaintheseaorariver.

    Rivermouth

    Arivermouthisthepartofariverthatflowsintoalake,reservoirorocean.

    FloodPlain

    anareaoflow-lyinggroundadjacenttoariver,formedmainlyofriversedimentsandsubjectto
    flooding.

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