Bodies of water 1
A major body of water that covers large parts of the earth
What is an ocean?
A small body of water completely surrounded by land
What is a pond?
The low land between two hills or mountains
What is a valley?
A mound of raised land that is smaller than a mountain
What is a hill?
Large areas of land surrounded by oceans
What are continents?
A place where water flows over a cliff
What is a waterfall?
A wide area of moving water that flows into a lake or ocean
What is a river?
A slowly moving place where snow and ice never melt
What is a glacier?
Land that is completely surrounded by water
What is an island?
A tall piece of land that was formed by continents pushing into each other over millions of years
What is a mountain?
A channel of water that connects two large areas of water
What is a strait?
A small ribbon of water that flows into a larger ribbon of water
What is a creek or stream?
A large crack in the ground formed by a river or a series of earthquakes
What is a canyon?
A large area of flat or gently rolling land with mostly grass
What is a plain?
A grassy area in Africa with few trees
What is a savannah?
An area of water that is mostly surrounded by land
What is a bay?
A large area of water completely surrounded by land
What is a lake?
A thin strip of land that is mostly surrounded by water
What is a pennisula?
A U-shaped piece of rock formed by erosion
What is an arch?
A ring shaped coral reef in the ocean where a volcano sank long ago
What is an atoll?
A place that is shallow with dead trees and lots of grasses
What is a wetland?
Low, watery land formed at the mouth of a river
What is a delta?
A mountain formed by lava
What is a volcano?
A thin strip of land that connects two large land areas with water on two of its sides
What is an isthmus?
A large area of flat land that is higher than the land around it
What is a plateau?