geography terms review. 1. a chain of islands 1. archipelago japan
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Geography Terms Review
1. A chain of islands
1. Archipelago
Japan
2. A deep, narrow valley with steep walls
2. Canyon
3. Part of a large body of water that is smaller than a gulf
3. Bay
Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts
4. A point or head of land projecting into a body of water.
4. Cape
Cape Town, South Africa
5. An area of land bordering the ocean
5. Coast
California coast, USA
6. An ocean ridge made up of skeletal remains of tiny sea animals
6. Coral Reef
Great Barrier Reef, Australia
7. An area where a river deposits soil into the ocean
7. Delta
8. An extremely dry area with little water and few plants
8. Desert
Sahara Desert, Africa
9. A hill of sand shaped by wind
9. Dune
Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado, USA
10. An area of densely wooded land
10. Forest
11. A large area of slow-moving ice
11. Glacier
12. A large part of the ocean that extends into land
12. Gulf
Gulf of Mexico
13. A rounded, elevated area of land smaller than a mountain
13. Hill
Sidbury Hill, U.K.
14. An area of land surrounded entirely by water
14. Island
Robben Island, South Africa
15. A narrow piece of land connecting to larger land areas
15. Isthmus
Isthmus of Panama
16. A stretch of salt water separated from the sea by a low sandbank or coral reef.
16. Lagoon
Karabogaz Lagoon, Turkmenistan
17. An inland body of water
17. Lake
Hollingworth Lake, U.K.
18. An area of rugged land that generally rises higher than 2,000 feet
18. Mountain
Rocky Mountains, USA
19. A water source in the desert
19. Oasis
An oasis in the Libyan Desert
20. A large body of water
20. Ocean
21. An area of land that sticks out into a lake or ocean
21. Peninsula
22. A nearly flat area
22. Plain
23. A large, flat, elevated area of land
23. Plateau
Mt. Roraima, Venezuela
24. A natural flow of water that runs through the land
24. River
25. A circular depression formed when the roof of a cave collapses
25. Sinkhole
Oman
26. A narrow stretch of water forming an inlet or connecting two wider areas of water such as two
seas or a sea and a lake.
26. Sound
Long Island Sound, USA
27. A narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water
(the opposite of an isthmus)
27. Strait
Bosphorus Strait, Turkey
28. An area of low land between hills or mountains
28. Valley
Sacred Valley, Peru
29. An opening in Earth’s crust where lava, ash, and gases erupt
29. Volcano
Krakatau Volcano, Indonesia
30. An area of land covered by shallow water
30. Wetland