1. Geography Terms Review

2. 1. A chain of islands

3. 1. Archipelago Japan

4. 2. A deep, narrow valley with steep walls

5. 2. Canyon

6. 3. Part of a large body of water that is smaller than a gulf

7. 3. Bay Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts

8. 4. A point or head of land projecting into a body of water.

9. 4. Cape Cape Town, South Africa

10. 5. An area of land bordering the ocean

11. 5. Coast California coast, USA

12. 6. An ocean ridge made up of skeletal remains of tiny sea animals

13. 6. Coral Reef Great Barrier Reef, Australia

14. 7. An area where a river deposits soil into the ocean

15. 7. Delta

16. 8. An extremely dry area with little water and few plants

17. 8. Desert Sahara Desert, Africa

18. 9. A hill of sand shaped by wind

19. 9. Dune Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado, USA

20. 10. An area of densely wooded land

21. 10. Forest

22. 11. A large area of slow-moving ice

23. 11. Glacier

24. 12. A large part of the ocean that extends into land

25. 12. Gulf Gulf of Mexico

26. 13. A rounded, elevated area of land smaller than a mountain

27. 13. Hill Sidbury Hill, U.K.

28. 14. An area of land surrounded entirely by water

29. 14. Island Robben Island, South Africa

30. 15. A narrow piece of land connecting to larger land areas

31. 15. Isthmus Isthmus of Panama

32. 16. A stretch of salt water separated from the sea by a low sandbank or coral reef.

33. 16. Lagoon Karabogaz Lagoon, Turkmenistan

34. 17. An inland body of water

35. 17. Lake Hollingworth Lake, U.K.

36. 18. An area of rugged land that generally rises higher than 2,000 feet

37. 18. Mountain Rocky Mountains, USA

38. 19. A water source in the desert

39. 19. Oasis An oasis in the Libyan Desert

40. 20. A large body of water

41. 20. Ocean

42. 21. An area of land that sticks out into a lake or ocean

43. 21. Peninsula

44. 22. A nearly flat area

45. 22. Plain

46. 23. A large, flat, elevated area of land

47. 23. Plateau Mt. Roraima, Venezuela

48. 24. A natural flow of water that runs through the land

49. 24. River

50. 25. A circular depression formed when the roof of a cave collapses

51. 25. Sinkhole Oman

52. 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.

53. 26. Sound Long Island Sound, USA

54. 27. A narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water (the opposite of an isthmus)

55. 27. Strait Bosphorus Strait, Turkey

56. 28. An area of low land between hills or mountains

57. 28. Valley Sacred Valley, Peru

58. 29. An opening in Earth’s crust where lava, ash, and gases erupt

59. 29. Volcano Krakatau Volcano, Indonesia

60. 30. An area of land covered by shallow water

61. 30. Wetland