Geography

Picture badlands: wasteland that

Dictionary archipelago: a large
atoll: a ring of coral that
encloses a pool of
has been carved into
unusual shapes by wind
group of islands seawater and water

basin: bowl-shaped area beach: a rocky or sandy

of land surrounded by bay: a body of water that edge of land along a body bluff: high, steep face of
higher land extends into the land of water rock or earth

butte: an isolated hill with

sloping sides and a small, canyon: a deep valley cape: a point of land that
flat top with steep sides juts out into water cataract: large waterfall

Geography
Picture badlands: wasteland that
Dictionary archipelago: a large
atoll: a ring of coral that
encloses a pool of
has been carved into
unusual shapes by wind
group of islands seawater and water

basin: bowl-shaped area beach: a rocky or sandy

of land surrounded by bay: a body of water that edge of land along a body bluff: high, steep face of
higher land extends into the land of water rock or earth

butte: an isolated hill with

sloping sides and a small, canyon: a deep valley cape: a point of land that
flat top with steep sides juts out into water cataract: large waterfall
cave: a hollow area in the channel: a body of water
earth with an opening to that connects two larger cliff: a high, steep face of coast: land along a sea or
the outside bodies of water rock or earth beacon

continent: one of the delta: a fan-shaped desert: a region of little

coastal plain: area of flat seven great land masses deposit of sand and mud rainfall where few plants
land along a sea or ocean on earth at the mouth of a river and animals live

fall line: area along which floodplain: flat land that

river form waterfalls or fjord: a long, narrow inlet is near the edges of a river
dune: a hill of sand rapids as the rivers drop to of the sea between cliffs or and is formed by silt
formed by blowing wind lower land slopes deposited by floods

cave: a hollow area in the channel: a body of water

earth with an opening to that connects two larger cliff: a high, steep face of coast: land along a sea or
the outside bodies of water rock or earth beacon

continent: one of the delta: a fan-shaped desert: a region of little

coastal plain: area of flat seven great land masses deposit of sand and mud rainfall where few plants
land along a sea or ocean on earth at the mouth of a river and animals live

fall line: area along which floodplain: flat land that

river form waterfalls or fjord: a long, narrow inlet is near the edges of a river
dune: a hill of sand rapids as the rivers drop to of the sea between cliffs or and is formed by silt
formed by blowing wind lower land slopes deposited by floods
 glacier: a large mass of
forest: a large area of geyser: a spring that ice that moves very slowly
foothills: hilly area at the land covered with trees sprouts hot water and down a mountain or
base of a mountain and other plants steam from time to time through a valley

inlet: any area of water

gulf: a large body of salt hill: a raised part of the iceberg: a huge block of extending into the land
water that is partly earth’s surface that is floating ice that has broken from a larger body of
enclosed by land lower than a mountain off a glacier water

jungle: an area of thick,

island: a piece of land isthmus: a narrow strip of tangled plants usually lagoon: a shallow body of
that is surrounded by land that connects two found near a river or water that is partly cut off
water larger land areas swamp from the sea

glacier: a large mass of

forest: a large area of geyser: a spring that ice that moves very slowly
foothills: hilly area at the land covered with trees sprouts hot water and down a mountain or
base of a mountain and other plants steam from time to time through a valley

inlet: any area of water

gulf: a large body of salt hill: a raised part of the iceberg: a huge block of extending into the land
water that is partly earth’s surface that is floating ice that has broken from a larger body of
enclosed by land lower than a mountain off a glacier water

jungle: an area of thick,

island: a piece of land isthmus: a narrow strip of tangled plants usually lagoon: a shallow body of
that is surrounded by land that connects two found near a river or water that is partly cut off
water larger land areas swamp from the sea
 marsh: a low, wet area mesa: a raised area with mountain: a high area of
lake: an inland body of where grasses, rushes, steep sides and a large, land with steep sides and a
fresh or salt water and cattails grow flat top sharp peak

mouth of river: place ocean: the body of salt

mountain range: row of where a river empties into oasis: are of water and water that covers most of
mountains another body of water fertile land in a desert the earth

peninsula: an area of plateau: a region of flat

land that is nearly plain: area of flat or or hilly land covered by tall
peak: top of a mountain surrounded by water gently rolling low land grasses

marsh: a low, wet area mesa: a raised area with mountain: a high area of
lake: an inland body of where grasses, rushes, steep sides and a large, land with steep sides and a
fresh or salt water and cattails grow flat top sharp peak

mouth of river: place ocean: the body of salt

mountain range: row of where a river empties into oasis: are of water and water that covers most of
mountains another body of water fertile land in a desert the earth

peninsula: an area of plateau: a region of flat

land that is nearly plain: area of flat or or hilly land covered by tall
peak: top of a mountain surrounded by water gently rolling low land grasses
 reef: ridge of sand, rock,
prairie: a region of flat or or coral that lies at or near
hilly land covered by tall the surface of a sea or river: a long body of riverbank: land along a
grasses ocean water that flows over land river

savanna: area of sea: a body of salt water sea level: the lever of the
grassland and scattered that is partly enclosed by surface of an ocean or a slope: side of a hill or
trees land sea mountain

strait: a narrow body of swamp: a low, wet are

sound: a long wide ocean source of river: place water that connects two where trees and high
inlet where a river begins larger bodies of water shrubs grow

reef: ridge of sand, rock,

prairie: a region of flat or or coral that lies at or near
hilly land covered by tall the surface of a sea or river: a long body of riverbank: land along a
grasses ocean water that flows over land river

savanna: area of sea: a body of salt water sea level: the lever of the
grassland and scattered that is partly enclosed by surface of an ocean or a slope: side of a hill or
trees land sea mountain

strait: a narrow body of swamp: a low, wet are

sound: a long wide ocean source of river: place water that connects two where trees and high
inlet where a river begins larger bodies of water shrubs grow
 tundra: a cold, dry,
timberline: line on a tributary: stream or river treeless region where valley: an area of low
mountain above which it is that flows into a larger mosses, grasses, and land between mountains or
too cold for trees to grow stream or river lichens grow hills

volcano: a hole in the

earth’s crust through which waterfall: a stream of
lava, gases, and ash are water that falls from a high
released place

tundra: a cold, dry,

timberline: line on a tributary: stream or river treeless region where valley: an area of low
mountain above which it is that flows into a larger mosses, grasses, and land between mountains or
too cold for trees to grow stream or river lichens grow hills

volcano: a hole in the

earth’s crust through which waterfall: a stream of
lava, gases, and ash are water that falls from a high
released place