A body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline
What is a bay?
The high steep face of a rock
What is a cliff?
The land next to the sea
What is the coast?
A part of a river where the current is very fast
What are rapids?
A small fertile area in a sand desert, usually having a spring or well.
What is an oasis?
A large portion of an ocean or sea, partly enclosed by land
What is a gulf?
A series of mountains in all in a line
What is a mountain range?
A tract of land completely surrounded by water, not large enough to be a continent
What is an island?
The end of a river, where it goes into a lake, sea, or ocean.
What is the mouth of a river?
A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water
What is a strait?
A small indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow
What is an inlet?
An area of land that is flat, and raised above the surrounding land on at least one side
What is a plateau?
A part of a body of water along a shore deep enough for anchoring a ship
What is a harbour?
An area of higher ground between two adjacent streams
What is a divide?
A ridge of rocks, sand, or coral at or near the surface of water
What is a reef?
A long, narrow arm of sea bordered by steep cliffs
What is a fjord?
Low hills at the base of a mountain or mountain range
What are foothills?
A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land
What is an isthmus?
A stream that flows to a larger stream or another body of water
What is a tributary?
A nearly flat plain of alluvial deposit between diverging branches of the mouth of a river
What is a delta?
An embankment for controlling or holding back water from a sea or river
What is a dike?
An elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains
What is a valley?
A large group of islands
What is an archipelago?
An almost flat plain along the course of a river or stream, that is naturally subjected to flooding
What are flood plains?
A ring-shaped coral reef, or a string of closely spaced small coral islands, enclosing a shallow lagoon
What is an atoll?