Question | Answer |
Bowl-shaped area of land surrounded by higher land | Basin |
Inlet of the sea or some other body of water, usually smaller than a gulf | Bay |
High, steep face of rock or earth | Bluff |
Point of land that extends into water | Cape |
Large waterfall | Cataract |
Deepest part of a body of water | Channel |
High, steep face of rock or earth | Cliff |
Land along a sea or ocean | Coast |
Triangle-shaped area of land at the mouth of a river | Delta |
Dry land with few plants | Desert |
Hill of sand piled up by the wind | Dune |
Area long which rivers form waterfalls or rapids as the rivers drop to lower land | Fall line |
Flat land that is near the edges of a river and is formed by silt deposited by floods | Floodplain |
Hilly area at the base of a mountain | Foothills |
Large ice mass that moves slowsly down a mountain or across land | Glacier |
Part of a sea or ocean extending into the land, usually larger than a by | Gulf |
Land that rises above the land around it | Hill |
Any area of water extending into the land from a larger body of water | Inlet |
Land that is surrounded by water | Island |
Narrow strip of land connecting two large land masses | Isthmus |
Body of shallow water | Lagoon |
Body of water surrounded by land | Lake |
Lowland with moist soil and tall grasses | Marsh |
Flat-topped mountain with steep sides | Mesa |
Highest kind of land | Mountain |
Gap between mountains | Mountain pass |
Row of mountains | Mountain range |
Place where a river empties into another body of water | Mouth of river |
Area of water and fertile land in a desert | Oasis |
Body of salt water larger than a sea | Ocean |
Top of a mountain | Peak |
Land that is almost completely surrounded by water | Peninsula |
Area of flat or gently rolling low land | Plateau |
Ridge of sand, rock, or coral that lies at or near the surface of a sea or ocean | Reef |
Large stream of water that flows across the land | River |
Lnd along a river | Riverbank |
Area of grassland and scattered trees | Savanna |
Body of salt water smaller than an ocean | Sea |
The level of the surface of an ocean or sea | Sea level |
Side of ahill or mountain | Slope |
Place where a river begins | Source of river |
Narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water | Strait |
Area of low, wet land with trees | Swamp |
Line on a mountain above which it is too cold for trees to grow | Timberline |
Stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river | Tributary |
Low land between hills or mountains | Valley |
Opening in the earth, orten raised, through wich lava, rock, ashes, and gases are forced out | Volcano |
Steep drop from a high place to a lower place in a stream or river | Waterfall |