Physical Features Vocabulary Map & Globe Skills 4 & 6

Physical Features Vocabulary Archipelago Basin Example: Philippines A chain of islands or set of islands grouped together. Example: Congo River Basin A long low lying area that is usually surrounded by hills or mountains; usually around a river

Physical Features Vocabulary An man-made waterway with a purpose Example: Suez Canal Bay Canal An area of an ocean, sea, or lake that extends into the land that is smaller than a gulf. Example: San Francisco Bay

Physical Features Vocabulary Canyon Channel A deep and narrow valley often with a river on its floor. Example: Grand Canyon A wide strait between a continent and an island Example: English Channel

Physical Features Vocabulary Coast Coral Reef Area of land that meets a large body of water Example: Gold Coast Underwater limestone and coral deposits Example: Great Barrier Reef

Physical Features Vocabulary Delta Desert The often triangular-shaped alluvial deposition area at the mouth of a river. Example: Yellow River Delta A dry area that receives so little rain that few plants or animals can survive there Example: Sahara Desert

Physical Features Vocabulary Gulf Island A large part of the ocean that extends into the land and is larger than a bay. Example: Gulf of Guinea A body of land surrounded on all sides by water. Example: Australia

Physical Features Vocabulary Isthmus Lake Narrow strip of land with water on both sides Example: Isthmus of Panama A body of freshwater that is completely surrounded by land Example: Lake Victoria

Physical Features Vocabulary Mountain Ocean Land that rises many feet into the air and is higher than a hill or surrounding area. Example: Mt. Kilimanjaro A large area of saltwater Example: Atlantic Ocean

Physical Features Vocabulary Peninsula Plain A piece of land that extends out into the water and is almost completely surrounded by water. Example: Arabian Peninsula Large area of flat or gently rolling land. Example: Great European Plain

Physical Features Vocabulary Plateau Range Large area of level land that is higher than the land surrounding it. Example: Deccan Plateau A chain of mountains forming a single system Example: Himalayan Range

Physical Features Vocabulary Part of an ocean that has been identified as a individual body of water; or a saltwater lake Example: Mediterranean Sea, Dead Sea River Sea A large amount of flowing fresh water to a lake or ocean. Example: Amazon River

Physical Features Vocabulary Strait Valley A narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water. Example: Strait of Gibraltar An area of land that is lower than the surrounding land. Example: Great Rift Valley

Physical Features Vocabulary Volcano Mountains with gas & magma trapped inside that often erupts Example: Eyjafjallajokull in Iceland “AY-yah-fyah-lah-YOH-kuul.”