1. Water, Water Everywhere.. A virtual tour of our earth’s water supply But Where?

2. Where is the Earth’s Water? Check it out on the Web! Where is Earth’s Water Located?

3. What are the differences in these bodies of water? Find out on the Web Maps and Globes

4. Water Lake River Sound Ocean Gulf Strait Estuary Swamp Bay Lagoon Stream Pond

5. Let’s Identify some of those water forms... Alexandria Bay, New York

6. Ocean The entire body of salt water that covers about 3/4 of the earth’s surface. Southern California Coastline

7. Lake A large inland body of fresh or salt water. Lake Pontchartrain, Lousiana

8. River A large natural stream of water, emptying into an ocean, lake or other body of water. Amazon River, Brazil

9. Pond A still body of water, smaller than a lake. Caprock Canyons, Texas

10. Stream A body of running water, moving in a channel or bed.

11. Estuary Where the sea meets the mouth of a river. Betsiboka Estuary, Madagascar

12. Sound A large, wide ocean inlet. Nimrod Sound, China

13. Striat A narrow passage of water joining two larger bodies of water. Strait of Dover

14. Bay A body of water partly enclosed by land, but having a wide outlet to the sea. Alexandria Bay, New York

15. Lagoon A body of brackish water separated by the sea by sandbars or coral reefs. Cape San Blas, Florida

16. Swamp A lowland region, saturated with water. Dismal Swamp, Virginia

17. Gulf A large area of a sea or ocean partially enclosed by land. Gulf of Mexic o

18. Let’s locate some of these bodies of water on a map. Back to the Web... Map Quest World Atlas