Photo of rolling hills.

Landscape

List of landscape features.

Large natural geographic formations and environments.

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Photo of a beach

Beach

A beach is the sandy edge of the sea or a lake. A beach is sometimes called the shore. People like to go down to the beach and sit in the sun, make sandcastles or go swimming.

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Photo of a bog

Bog

A bog is an area where the soil is very wet and is mostly made up of rotting plant matter.

A bog is similar to a moor or swamp.

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Photo of some boulders

Boulder

A boulder is a large, weathered rock that is not attached to other rocks. The picture is of a pile of boulders.

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Photo of a brook

Brook

A brook is a very small, running stream of fresh water. Brooks often come from a spring.

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Photo of a canyon

Canyon

A canyon is a large, deep path that has been cut through the landscape by a watercourse like a river over many years.

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Photo of a cave

Cave

A cave is a hole in the side of a hill or mountain that is big enough for people or animals to get inside. Many animals, like bears and bats live in caves.

Limestone caves are often full of stalactites and stalagmites.

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Photo of a city

City

A city is a place where there is a very large number of buildings and houses close together. A city may have many millions of people living in it. The city in the picture is in Japan, and is called Tokyo.

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Photo of a cliff

Cliff

A cliff is a near-vertical expanse of rock, usually found next to the sea or by the side of a river. Cliffs are usually caused by erosion.

A lot of people like to climb up cliffs, and many more people just like to look at them, or take photographs.

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Photo of a coastline

Coast

The coast is where land meets the sea.

Some other words you can use instead of coast are shore and beach.

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Photo of South America

Continent

A continent is a very large mass of land surrounded by ocean. There are seven continents: Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia and Antarctica.

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