waterways
A place where a river that flows into another body of water.
What is a mouth?
A tributary of the Mississippi River that flows between Ohio and Kentucky.
What is the Ohio River?
A landform with high elevation, usually 1000 or more feet above sea level.
What is a mountain?
Lowland between hills or mountains
What is a valley?
Tallest mountain in the world above sea level
What is Mount Everest?
Body of water surrounded by land, usually freshwater
What is a lake?
The largest river in the United States that eventually empties into the Gulf of Mexico?
What is the Mississippi River?
Piece of land completely surrounded by water
What is an island?
Type of mountain that sometimes releases melted rock, gas and ash from deep inside Earth
What is a volcano?
A huge area of grassy, flat land in the middle of the United States where many crops are grown.
What are the Great Plains?
An area of low land partially covered by water.
What is a swamp?
The largest ocean in the world.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Area of mostly flat, grassy land that is good for farming.
What is a plain?
An area of dry land that receives very little rain.
What is a desert?
Largest hot desert in the world
What is the Sahara?
A stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river.
What is a tributary?
The longest river in the world.
What is the Nile River?
A triangular area that is formed when dirt and small rocks are carried and then deposited by the mouth of a river.
What is a delta?
A broad level area that is elevated; higher than the surrounding land.
What is a plateau?
Area of 450+ volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean
What is the Ring of Fire?
A narrow strip of water connecting two large bodies of water.
What is a strait?
A long, thin body of water between Alaska and Russia?
What is the Bering Strait?
A long, thin piece of land connecting two bodies of land.
What is an isthmus?
A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
An ishtmus of land that connects Mexico and South America.
What is Central America?