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