Term | Definition |
Bay | part of a large body of water that extends into the shoreline |
channel | wide strait or water way between 2 land masses that lie close to each other |
elevation | height above sea level |
landform | indiviual features of alnd |
gulf | part of a large body of water that enstends inland; lager than a bay |
harbor | a sheltered place along a shortline where ships can ancor safely |
island | land completlly surrounded by water |
lake | a sizeable inland body of water |
mountain | land with steep lides that rise sharply 1,00ft or more from surrondingb land |
mountain range | a series of ocnnected mountains |
peninsula | a body of land jutting out into a lake or an ocean surrounded on three sides by water |
plain | area of low low land at low elevation covered with grass |
plateau | flat or rolling land at a higfh elevatrion |
physical feature | charachterictics of a place naturally occurringf like land forms,cimate,resorses |
river | large stream of water that runs thoiughtc land |
sea | large body of water completly surrounded by land |
straight | natrrow water joning two larger bopdiews of water |
ocean | one of four major bodies of water |
volcano | mountain created as liquid rick and ash erupt from inside the eearth |
valley | area of lowland between hills and mopuntains |