1. Objective: To examine the major forms of land masses and bodies of water.

2. Island – land area that is surrounded by water
Long Island
Archipelago – chain of islands
Hawaiian Islands

3. Gulf – arm of an ocean or sea that is partly enclosed by land, usually larger than a bay.
Gulf of Mexico
Peninsula – piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides
Florida

4. Desert – area that has little or no moisture or vegetation
Sahara Desert, Africa
Mountain – high, steep, rugged land that rises sharply above the surrounding land.
Mount McKinley, Alaska

5. River – large stream of water that empties into an ocean, lake, or another river
Hudson and Mohawk Rivers
Delta– area where a river breaks off into tributaries emptying out into a larger body of water
Nile River Delta

6. Isthmus – narrow strip of land joining two large land areas or joining a peninsula to a mainland.
Isthmus of Panama
Strait – narrow channel that connects two larger bodies of water
Strait of Gibraltar

7. Lake – body of fresh water surrounded by land
Great Lakes
Sea – large body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean
Black Sea

8. Plateau Valley An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land
An elongated lowland between ranges of mountains, hills, or other uplands, often having a river or stream running along the bottom

9. Central (Latin) America
Continent – any of seven large land masses on the Earth’s surface
Europe
Africa
North America
Asia
Sub-continent – an area of land that is part of a continent but is separated by something (landform, language, etc.
India
Central (Latin) America
Australia
South America
Antarctica

10. Ocean – any of the large bodies of salt water on the Earth’s surface.
Arctic Ocean C
Atlantic Ocean B
Pacific Ocean A
Indian Ocean D

11. YOUR CHALLENGE – FIND THESE ON THE BRHS CAMPUS
Obviously, we do not have a LOT of water around Broad Run, and no REAL oceans, but we will get creative. I want you and your partner to travel around the school (outside, not inside) and find things that would REPRESENT the different landforms we have just talked about.
Example: A peninsula could be found by looking at parts of the building.
Example: A strait could be found by looking at the roads/sidewalks.
What you need to do is find and describe where you and your partner are and what landform it represents and why. This should be done in about 3-5 sentences. You can either 1) draw what it looks like in the space below (while labeling the pieces) and explain why it would be described as that feature OR you can 2) take a picture and use the space below to describe the picture. You will be assigned three physical geographic features.