South America
A narrow channel of the sea, joining two larger bodies of water
What is a Strait?
There's a Strait called the Strait of Magellan. It's on the tip of Chile.
An arid region with little or no precipitation. An area is considered a desert if it receives ten or less inches of precipitation per year.
What is a Desert?
The Sahara Desert, the world's largest hot desert (Antarctica is actually considered a desert), stretches some 3.5 million square miles across northern Africa
A body of fresh water surrounded by land.
What is a Lake?
The Great Lakes is the world's largest system of freshwater lakes.
A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
What is a Harbor?
Sydney Harbor, one of the world's most beautiful harbors, is actually part of Port Jackson, a large drowned river valley.
A large natural stream of water.
A fan shaped deposit of mud at the mouth of a river.
What is a River and Delta?
The Nile river is a large river in northern Africa
A group of closely spaced mountains or parallel ridges.
What is a Mountain Range?
There's a Mountain Range in South America that is the longest Mountain Range in the world.
A long depression in the surface of the land that is normally surrounded by higher hills or mountains.
What is a Valley?
The Great Rift Valley is a massive valley that stretches almost 4,000 miles from Syria in the Middle East to Mozambique in southern Africa.
A geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea.
What is a Cave?
Mammoth Cave National Park, located in southern Kentucky features the world’s longest recorded cave system.
A submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water.
What is a Reef?
There is a famous reef there called Heart Reef, because it's shaped like a heart.
The course taken by a body of water between two land masses.
What is a Channel?
The English Channel is part of the Atlantic Ocean; separating the United Kingdom from the continent of Europe.
A forest that receives more than 2.5 meters (8 feet) of rain each year. These forests cover only about 7% of the Earth's surface but hold more than half of all plant and animal species on Earth.
What is a Rainforest?
An example of a Rainforest is the Amazon Rain Forest. Did you know there 2.5 million insect species there?
A flat grassland in a tropical or sub-tropical region
What is a Savanna?
Located in the Mara region of Tanzania, The Serengeti Plain is one of the oldest ecosystems on earth.
A slow moving mass of ice.
What is a Glacier?
Located only 12 miles from Juneau, Alaska, Mendenhall Glacier extends about 13 miles from the Juneau Icefield to the Mendenhall River.
Rock(s) that is arranged or formed in a certain way
What is Rock Formations?
A long, narrow deep inlet of sea between steep slopes.
What is a Fjord?
Sognefjord (pictured), located in southern Norway is the world's second longest fjord.
A relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas.
What is an Isthmus?
The isthmus of Panama is a land bridge that connects North and South America.
A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
What is a Cape?
Located on the southwestern coast of South Africa, the Cape of Good Hope was originally named the Cape of Storms by Portuguese explorer Bartholomew Dias in 1488.
A natural depression in the surface of the land, often with a lake at the bottom.
What is a Basin?
Encompassing the entire state of Nevada, and much of Utah, Idaho, and Oregon, the Great Basin is an arid, mountainous area in the western United States, between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada Range.
What is a Spring?
This is the vast hot springs in Blue Mountains Australia.
A division of an ocean or large bdy of water partly enclosed by land.
What is a Sea?
The North Sea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean, occupies an area of about 222,000 square miles and a length of about 400 miles.
An arm of a sea or ocean, larger than a bay, that extends into land.
What is a Gulf?
The Gulf of Mexico is a large body of water that extends into North America from the Atlantic Ocean.
An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava and gases erupt. A volcano may be active, dormant, or extinct
What is a Volcano?
Mount Vesuvius, located in southern Italy, is the only volcano in mainland Europe to have erupted in the last 100 years.
A type of wetland featuring grasses, rushes, weeds, and sedges. It can be freshwater, salt water, or brackish.
A Low land that is seasonably flooded. It is characterized by the presence of large trees.
What is Marsh/Swamp?
The Everglades is a vast area of marshes, sloughs, and swamps in southern Florida.
A naturally raised area of land, not as high or craggy as a mountain.
What is Hills?
The Australian Alps is part of the Great Dividing Range, the series of mountain and hill ranges and tablelands that runs about 3,000 km (1,900 mi)
A mountain is a landmass that project higher than its surroundings. A mountain is much higher than a hill.
What is a Mountain?
Located in the Himalayan Mountain Range, on the border of China and Nepal, the peak of Mount Everest is the highest point on earth.