positive and negative land forms Flashcards

1
Q

small ridge or hill of sand

A

sand dunes

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2
Q

larger/hill sized proturberence, carved by wind

A

yardangs

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3
Q

result of wind abrasion, like a mushroom looking rock

A

pedestal rock

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4
Q

flat-topped elevated area

A

plateau

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5
Q

flat-topped hill surrounded by cliffs

A

messa

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6
Q

narrow hill with flat top and steep sides

A

butte

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7
Q

highly resistant rock

A

inselberg

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8
Q

hallow area formed by wind action

A

blowouts

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9
Q

sharp crested ridge

A

arete

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10
Q

meeting point of 2 or more aretes

A

pyramidal peak / horns

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11
Q

raised area / land

A

hill

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12
Q

drowned glaciated valley

A

fjords

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13
Q

hallows left by melting of ice

A

kettles

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14
Q

funnel shaped depressions

A

sinkhole

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15
Q

natural cavity or cavern

A

caves

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16
Q

low lying land borded by steep slopes and high lands

A

valleys

17
Q

underwater mountain/volcanoo

A

seamounts

18
Q

shallow body of water separated from larger body of water by bars

A

lagoons

19
Q

ring-shaped corals

A

atoll

20
Q

round shaped basin that has risen above the ground

A

dome

21
Q

basin with faults

A

pull-apart basins

22
Q

fault bounded crustal rift

A

graben

23
Q

hill resulting from erosion of former volcanic tube and surrounding rock

A

volcanic neck

24
Q

butas ng volcano

A

crater

25
Q

a very large bowl-shaped volcanic depression

A

caldera

26
Q

a large natural elevation

A

mountain

27
Q

deep, steep-walled gorge cut by a river

A

canyon

28
Q

depressions formed by an impact of a meteor

A

impact craters