1. Geographic Features You’ll Need to Know…

2. the physical features of a place or region
TOPOGRAPHY
the physical features of a place or region

3. height measured above sea level
ALTITUDE
height measured above sea level

4. ELEVATION
height above sea level

5. area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation,
PLATEAU
area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation,
about 30-3,000 feet high

6. MOUNTAINS high, steep, rugged land that rises above
surrounding land. At least 2,000 ft high

7. areas of raised land that are lower and
HILLS
areas of raised land that are lower and
less steep than mountains

8. PLAINS area of level land, usually at low elevation
and covered with grasses

9. COASTAL PLAINS
low level areas that border oceans

10. part of a body of h2o that is partly
BAY
part of a body of h2o that is partly
enclosed by land (smaller than a gulf)

11. CAPE
narrow part of land that extends into a body of h2o

12. COAST
land that boarders a sea or ocean

13. DELTA flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried
downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth

14. ridge that separates rivers that flow in one direction
DIVIDE
ridge that separates rivers that flow in one direction
from rivers that flow in the opposite direction

15. ISTHMUS
narrow strip of land joining to larger areas of land or joining a peninsula to main land

16. a body of h2o surrounded by land
LAKE
a body of h2o surrounded by land

17. place where a river empties into a
MOUTH
place where a river empties into a
larger body of water

18. PENINSULA body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded
on three sides
by water

19. large natural stream of
RIVER
large natural stream of
water that runs
through the land

20. land drained or watered by a river
RIVER VALLEY
land drained or watered by a river

21. place where a river begins
SOURCE
place where a river begins

22. narrow channel that connects 2 larger bodies of water
STRAIT
narrow channel that connects 2 larger bodies of water

23. stream or small river that flows into a
TRIBUTARY
stream or small river that flows into a
larger stream or river

24. OCEAN one of the four major bodies of salt water
that surrounds the continents