Geo Terms WK1
the elevation of an object in relationship to a given plane, often sea level
What is 'altitude'?
the shore of the sea or of a lake, washed by the tide or waves.
What is 'beach'?
a rock that breaks the waves; a wave that breaks the waves; a wave that breaks against a rock, a sand bank, or the shore, exhibiting a white foam.
a hollow place in the earth; a subterraneous cavern; a den; may be natural or artificial.
What is 'cave'?
the edge or margin of the land next to the sea; the seashore.
What is 'coast'?
a long, narrow passage of water; a creek.
What is 'arm'?
a soggy, swampy, slow-moving body of water, obstructed by vegetation.
What is 'bayou'?
the edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice or the bank of a river.
What is 'brink'?
a deep, naturally hollow place in the earth, deeper than a cave.
What is 'cavern'?
a great extent of land, not disjoined or interrupted by a sea.
What is 'continent'?
a ring-shaped coral reef island, or set of small islands nearly or completely surrounding a lagoon.
What is 'atoll'?
a high bank, almost perpendicular, projecting into the sea.
What is 'bluff'?
a small natural stream of water; a current flowing from a spring.
What is 'brook'?
an arm of the sea; a straight or narrow sea between two continents or between a continent and an isle.
What is channel'?
the edge of a continent that is submerged in water.
What is 'continental shelf'?
a steep slope of ground rising from a lake, a river, or the sea.
What is 'bank'?
soft, wet ground covered with grass or other plants, too soft to bear a man.
What is 'bog'?
a long, deep hollow with steep, rocky sides worn by a stream or torrent of water.
What is 'canyon'?
a cleft or fissure in a rock or the earth's surface caused by a disrupture.
What is 'chasm'?
any tract of land or inhabited land; any region, as distinguished from other regions; a kingdom, state, or lesser district.
What 'country'?
a hollow place for water; an enclosed part of water, forming a broad space within a strait or narrow entrance; a little bay.
What is 'basin'?
a smaller stream running into a larger one or proceeding from it.
What is 'branch'?
a head land; the head, point, or termination of a neck of land, extending some distance into the sea beyond the common shore.
What is 'cape'?
a high, steep almost vertical rock, usually on a coast.
What is 'cliff'?
a steep, rugged rock; a rough, broken rock or point of a rock.
What is 'crag'?