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A fan-shaped deposit of mud and sand, often green with vegetation, found at the mouths of many rivers
What is a delta?
This ocean is to the east of the United States mainland.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake
What is a tributary?
The symbol on a map that shows the cardinal directions
What is a compass rose?
A map that shows differences in the physical terrain of the land
What is a relief map?
A tapering structure hanging like an icicle from the roof of a cave, formed of calcium salts deposited by dripping water
What is a stalactite?
The largest continent
What is Asia?
A body of water within a basin, surrounded by land
What is a lake?
A map that shows the boundaries of countries, states, provinces, counties, and cities.
What is a political map?
A table that uses symbols, colors, or lines to represent important places or landmarks on a map
What is a key/legend?
A group of islands
What is an archipelago?
The invisible line that runs around the middle of the globe
What is the equator?
The lowest point along a ridge or between two mountain tops
What is a saddle?
Name four of the six oceans.
What are the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, or Southern Ocean?
The cardinal directions
What are North, South, East, and West?
A small low-lying coral island
What is a key?
The smallest continent
What is Australia?
The apparent start of a river?
What is a source?
The number of continents on earth
What is 7?
The ordinal directions
What are Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, and Southwest?
A partially enclosed body of water with a river or stream flowing into it and a connection to a sea or ocean
What is an estuary?
The largest ocean
What is the Pacific Ocean?
A sandbank or sandbar just below the surface of the water
What is a shoal?
A narrow chain of rock, sand, or coral lurking just below or just above the water
What is a reef/coral reef?
An area of land that is flooded by water, giving rise to a biome with unique vegetation
What is a wetland?