Land and WaterLand and Water

KNOW FOR THE TEST!!!!strait- a small passage of water connecting two larger bodies of wateristhmus- a small strip of land connecting two larger bodies of landarchipelago- a chain of islandscape- a piece of land which comes to a pointdelta- land formed at the mouth of a riverharbor- a place where ships can safely anchor island- land completely surrounded by waterlake- water completely surrounded by landpeninsula- land surrounded by water on 3 sidestributary- a stream or small river which flows into a larger rivermountain- landform which rises at least 2000 ft. above landsource- from where a river gets its waterglacier- a large piece of ice which moves slowly across the Earth's surfaceport- a place to load and unload goods atoll- a ring-shaped coral island which surrounds a lagoonmouth- where a river empties into a larger body of waterhill- area that rises above land with a rounded topriver- a body of water that gets its source from melting snow atop mountainsplateau- a flat-topped area of land, larger than a mesa and buttevolcano - an opening in the Earth's surface which gases are releasedvalley – area of low lying land between two mountains or hills

 

Mountain- landform which rises at least 2000 ft above land

Peak- highest point on a mountain

River-body of water which gets its source from the mountains

Cape-land which has water on 2 sides

Island- land completely surrounded by water

Isthmus

Strait of Gibraltar – runs between Africa and Spain

Thin strip of land connecting two larger land masses

Thin strip of water connecting two larger bodies of water

Plains- a large area of flat land

Hills- area that rises above the land with a round top

Plateau- flat area that rises above the land, larger than a mesa and butte.

Canyon- a deep, narrow valley with steep sides, with a river running through it.

Mesa- high, flat-top land form…larger than a butte, smaller than a plateau.

Lake- body of water completely surrounded by land

Reservoir- water being held for future use: EX: drought

Harbor- where ships can safely anchor

Bay- body of water-partially surrounded by land connecting to a larger body of water

Sea- larger than a bay, smaller than an ocean

Port – a place to unload or load goods safely

Glacier- large piece of ice which moves slowly across the earth’s surface.

Mountain Range- a number of mountains

Gulf- larger than a bay- water jetting into land

Canal- inland waterway

Desert- arid and barren region

Oasis- a retreat

Reef- land made up of coral

Channel- waterway

Peninsula- land surrounded by water on 3 sides

Volcano- an opening in the Earth’s surface through which molten rock, ashes and gases escape.

Valley- area of low lying land between mountains or hills

Tributary – a small river which flows into a larger river

Atoll – a ring-shaped coral island

Archipelago- a chain of islands

Delta – triangular shaped land at the mouth of a river

Choose any 10 words to define

mountain atoll hill glacier river

volcano harbor strait tributary peninsula

archipelago island isthmus source lake

canyon delta port mouth cape

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