Term | Definition |
bay | part of a large body of water that extands into the shoreline |
channel | wide strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other |
elevation | high above sea level |
landforma | individual features of the land |
gulf | part of a large body of water that enstends island lager than a bay |
harbor | a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely |
island | land completely surronded by water |
lake | a sizeable inland body of water |
mountain | land with steep sides that rise sharply (1000 ft or more) from surronding land |
mountain range | a series of connected mountains |
peninsula | body of land jutting out into lake or an ocean surronded on three sides by water |
plain | area of low land at low elavation convered with grass |
plateau | flat or rolling land at eleavtion usally 300-30000 ft high |
physical feature | characteristic or a place- naturally occuring like landforms, climate, resources |
river | large natural stream of water that runs through land |
sea | lage body of water partially or completely surronded by land |
strait | narrow strech of water joning two large bodiies of water |
ocean | one of the four major bodies of salt water that surrond the continets |
volcano | moutain created as liqued rok and ash erupt from inside the earth |
valley | area of lowland between hills and moutaina |