landforms
water forms
parts of a river
Landforms II
Geography Terms
100
This is the highest landform of all.
What is a mountain?
100
This is the largest body of salt water.
What is an ocean?
100
This is where the river begins.
What is a source?
100
This is a landform that is surrounded by water on 3 sides.
What is a peninsula?
100
These directions are north, south, west, and east.
What are cardinal directions?
200
This is the low land between 2 mountains.
What is a valley?
200
This is a narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
What is a strait?
200
This is the grassy land on each side of the river.
What is a bank?
200
This is a landform that is flat with steep sides.
What is a plateau?
200
These directions are northwest, northeast, southeast, and southwest.
What are intermediate directions?
300
This is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger areas of land. It is surrounded by water.
What is an isthmus?
300
This is a part of a lake or ocean that cuts into the land.
What is a bay?
300
This is where the river spits into the ocean.
What is a mouth?
300
This is the largest land mass on earth.
What is a continent?
300
This is also known as half of the earth.
What is hemisphere?
400
This is a group of islands.
What is an archapelago?
400
This is the muddy land that surrounds the mouth of the river.
What is the delta?
400
This is a large hunk of slowly moving ice.
What is a glacier?
400
This is the line located at 0 degrees latitude that divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres.
What is equator?
500
This is a deep valley, usually formed by erosion.
What is a canyon?
500
This is a flowing body of water that begins at a source, travels downhill, and ends at the mouth.
What is a river?
500
This is when a river carries rocks and soil along the water way and wears away at the land.
What is erosion?
500
This is shorter and rounder than a mountain.
What is a hill?
500
This is a line of longitude that divides the earth into western and eastern hemispheres.
What is prime meridian?
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