Lakes
A body of water surrounded by land.
Lake
One of Earth's seven huge land masses.
continents
Another name for a very large lake.
sea
A lare natural course of fresh water that flows in a channel.
river
A bowl shaped basin at the top of a volcano
crater
Formed where rocks have built up to stop water from flowing away.
barrier lake
Water seperating North America and South America from Europe and Africa.
Atlantic Ocean
Large body of water south of Europe near Italy.
Mediteranean Sea
Small river that flows into a larger one.
tribitary
A hollow in the Earth's surface where a lake forms.
basin
An artificial lake used to collect and store water.
reservoir
Large body of salty water east of Africa and South of Turkey.
Indian Ocean
A lake between Europe and Asia that is salty.
Caspian Sea
The place a river begins.
source
canal
Formed in a bowl shaped basin worn away by a glacier.
erosion lake
Five famous lakes that form part of the border between 2 countries on what continent?
North America
An area of land from which a river drains the rainwater.
drainage basin
Steep sided valley formed by land that slips down between cracks in the Earth's surface.
rift valley
Formed in a deep crack that was formed when a block of land slipped down between cracks in the Earth's surface.
rift valley lake
Lake Baikal, the deepest lake in the world is on this continent.
Asia
A shrinking lake in Russia that went from 4th largest to 10th largest in about 40 years due to misues.
Aral Sea
The place a river flows into the sea.
mouth
Slowly moving mass of ice.
glacier