Geographic Pictionary 38

Launch: Please pick up one sheet from the grey bin and fill out the top Name Date Class PAGE – GO 4 “Geographic Pictionary”

ARCHIPELAGO A large group or chain of islands

BAY Part of a body of water that reaches into the land.

BUTTE An isolated hill or small plateau with steep sides usually SMALLER than a mesa

CANAL a long narrow section, filled with water, created by people so that boats/goods could pass through it

CANYON A deep, narrow valley with steep sides

CAPE Point of land that extends into a river, lake, or ocean

CHANNEL A deep, narrow body of water connecting 2 larger bodies of water The deeper part of a waterway

CLIFF Steep, high wall of rock, Earth, or ice

DELTA Land built up at the mouth of a river

DESERT A land too dry or too cold to grow plants

DIVIDE Stretch of high land that separates river systems

FjoRD A long, narrow, steep- sided inlet from the sea.

GLACIER A large body of slowly moving ice

GULF Part of a body of water that reaches into the land

HARBOR A sheltered place along a shoreline where ships may anchor safely

HILLS Raised, rounded part of the earth’s surface. Smaller than a mountain dU4Qb4&feature=player_detailpage

ICEBERG A floating mass of ice that has broken off from a glacier

ISLAND Land entirely surrounded by water; smaller than a continent

ISTHMUS Narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas

LAKE Body of water completely surrounded by land

MESA A flat-topped hill or small plateau with steep sides

MOUNTAIN High, rocky land usually with steep sides and a pointed or rounded top. Two types: Faulted Folded

FAULTED MOUNTAINS Formed by a break in the earth’s crust FOLDED MOUNTAINS Formed when tectonic plates push against each other and squeeze up the crust of the earth

MOUTH Place where a river empties into a larger body of water

OCEANS Largest bodies of water on Earth

PENINSULA Body of land jetting into a lake, sea, or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water

PLAIN A region which is mostly level, low land with gently rolling hills

PLATEAU a large flat area of land that is higher than other areas of land that surround it

RIVER Large stream of water that flows through the land

RIVER BASIN Land drained by a river and its branches

SEA A large body of water partly or surrounded/ enclosed by land

SOURCE The place where a river begins

STRAIT a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two large areas of water

STREAM and (Creek) Stream - a natural flow of water that is smaller than a river Creek – a small stream

TIMBERLINE A point on a mountain above which trees cannot grow. timberline

TRIBUTARY A small stream of water that flows through the land feeding into a river

Valley Low land between hills or mountains

VOLCANO A mountain formed of rock thrown up from inside the earth. 4 types: extinct, dormant, intermittent, and active

WATERFALL a place where water flows over a vertical drop in the course of a stream or river.

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