Water Forms
a body of salt or freshwater that is surrounded by land
What is a lake?
an isolated hill or mountain rising abruptly above the surrounding land.
What is butte?
continent comprising Greenland, United States, Mexico, Central America
What is North America?
a dense, either tropical or temperate forest that receives lots of rain year round
What is a rain forest?
an area of soft wet land usually overgrown by grasses
What is a marsh?
a large body of water that cuts deep into the land
What is a gulf?
a high steep face of a rock.
What is a cliff?
The point on the Northern Hemisphere that is farthest north. It is 90 degrees north of the equator.
What is the North Pole?
a cold, dry region covered with snow for more than half the year; a vast treeless plain where the subsoil is always frozen.
What is the tundra?
a chain of mountains with high elevation
What is a range?
a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water
What is a strait?
a piece of land that rises higher than everything surrounding it. Hills are less steep and not as high as mountains
What is a hill?
a map that shows landforms
What is physical map?
the half of the earth comprising North and South America and their surrounding waters west of the Prime Meridian.
What is the Western Hemisphere?
an area of land permanently saturated, or filled, with water. ... dominated by trees.
What is a swamp?
flow of water that goes to an ocean or lake
What is a river?
a narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses. It has water on two sides.
What is an isthmus?
a map that shows boundaries
What is a political map?
continent comprising land from Panama to Cape Horn
What is South America?
area of low land with mountains or hills on either side, often having a river or stream along the bottom
What is a valley?
a man-made body of water, or lake, that stores water for future use.
What is a resevoir?
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a flat top.
What is a mesa?
the line of longitude from the South Pole to the North Pole measured in degrees. It divides Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
What is the Prime Meridian?
imaginary lines on a map or globe that measure distance north and south of the Equator and distance east and west of the prime meridian.
What is longitude and latitude?
a piece of land nearly surrounded by water or sticking out into the water
What is a peninsula?