Geography Vocab
Geography Vocab
Geography Vocab
Geography Vocab
Geography Vocab
100
A bowl-shaped area of land surrounded by higher land
What is a basin?
100
An area of flat land along a sea or an ocean
What is a coastal plain?
100
A narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas of land
What is an isthmus?
100
A place where a river empties into another body of water
What is the mouth of a river?
100
The level of the surface of an ocean or a sea
What is sea level?
200
An inlet of the sea or some other body of water, usually smaller than a gulf
What is a bay?
200
A triangle-shaped area of land at the mouth of a river
What is a delta?
200
Lowland with moist soil and tall grasses
What is a marsh?
200
Land that is almost completely surrounded by water on three sides (Mickey Mouse lives on a famous one)
What is a peninsula?
200
The place where a river begins
What is the source of a river?
300
A deep, narrow valley with steep sides
What is a canyon?
300
An area along which rivers form waterfalls or rapids as the rivers drop to lower land
What is a fall line?
300
A flat topped mountain with tall sides
What is a mesa?
300
An area of flat or gently rolling land
What is a plain?
300
A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water
What is a straight?
400
A point of land that extends into water
What is a cape?
400
A large ice mass that moves slowly down a mountain or across land
What is a glacier?
400
A gap between mountains
What is a mountain pass?
400
An area of high, mostly flat land
What is a plateau?
400
An area of low, wet land with trees Any area of water extending into the land from a larger body of water (There is one between Sea Isle and Avalon)
What is a swamp? What is an inlet?
500
The deepest part of a body of water
What is a channel?
500
Part of a sea or ocean extending into the land, usually larger than a bay (America has one between Texas and Florida)
What is a gulf?
500
A chain of mountains (The Appalachians)
What is a mountain range?
500
An area of grassland and scattered trees (Giraffes and lions live there)
What is a savanna?
500
A stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river An opening in Earth, often raised, through which lava, rock, ashes, and gases are forced out (Hawaii has many of these)
What is a tributary? What is a volcano?
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