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Geography
Studying the Five Themes of Geography
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Lake | a sizable inland body of water |
| Delta | flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth |
| archipelago | a group of islands |
| swamp | muddy, gooey, nasty, smelley, dark, infected |
| desert | dry, sandy, hot |
| mountain range | a series of connected mountains |
| isthumus | narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas |
| peninsula | body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water |
| valley | area of low land usually between hills or mountains |
| island | land area, smaller than a continent, completely surrounded by water |