Bay
A body of water that is partly enclosed by land
Cape
A pointed piece of land that sticks out into the sea, ocean, lake, or river
Butte
A flat topped rock or hill formation with steep sides
Canyon
A deep valley with steep sides often carved from the earth by a river
Cave
A large hole in the side of a hill or mountain
Channel
A narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water or is a part of a river or a harbor that is deep enough to let ships sail through
Cliff
A steep face of rock and soil
Cove
A small horseshoe shaped body of water along a coastline
Delta
A low water land formed at the mouth of a river formed from silt, sand, and small rocks that have been deposited downstream
Desert
A very dry area
Dune
Is a hill or ridge made of sand shaped by the wind and change all the time
Geyser
A natural hot spring that occaisionally sprays water and steam above ground
Gulf
Part of an ocean or sea that is partly surrounded by land larger than a bay
Hill
A raised area or mound of land
Island
Land that is completely surrounded by water
Lake
A large body of water surrounded by land on all sides really large ones are often called seas
Marsh
A type of fresh, brackish, or salt water wetland that is found along rivers, lakes, and streams
Mesa
A land formation that has a flat area on the top and steep walls usually in dry areas
Mountain
A very tall, high. natural place higher than a hill
Ocean
A large body of salt water that surrounds a continent covers 2/3 of earth
Plain
Flat lands that have small chanfes in elevation
Plateau
A large flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land
Pond
A small body of water surrounded by land smaller than a lake
Prairie
A wide relatively flat area of land that has grasses and few trees
River
A large flowing body of water that usually empties into the sea
Sea
A large body of salty water that is often connected to an ocean- may be partly or complely surrounded by land
Sound
A wide inlet of the sea or ocean that is parallel to the coastline- often separates a coastline from a nearby island
Strait
A narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water
Swamp
A type of freshwater wetland with spongy muddy land and a lot of water with many trees and shrubs
Tributary
A steam or river that flows into a larger river
Tundra
A cold treeless area
Valley
A low place between mountains
Volano
A mountainous vent in the earth's crust when it erupts it spews out lava, ashes, and hot gasses
Waterfall
When a river falls off steeply
Wetlands
An area of land that is often wit and the soil is low in oxygen the plants that grow here must be suited to this type soil
Compass Rose
A design on a map that shows direction it shows which way is north, south, east, and west
Projection
How a round three dimensional object is drawn on a flat two dimensional map
Scale
The ratio between the distance between two points found on a map as compared to the actual distance between these two points in the real world
GMT
Greenwhich Mean Time- the standard for worldwide time
GPS
Global Positioning Systems- tells you your exact longitude and latitude which is gotten from orbiting satellites
Archipelago
A group of islands
Atoll
A ring shaped coral island surrounding a lagoon
Latitude
One of the series of imaginary lines also called parallels that circle the earth parallel to the equater
Longitude
One of the series of imaginary lines also called meridians that run north and south from the poles
Dike
An embankment of earth and rock built to hold back water
Equator
An imaginary line that circles the globe at its widest point dividing the earth into tw hemispheres (N and S)
Lagoon
A shallow body of water separated from the sea by coral reefs
Isthmus
A narrow strip of land having water on each side joining two larger bodies of land
Cartographer
A person who makes maps and charts
Glacier
A huge slow moving mass of snow and ice formed over many years from layers of unmelted snow pressing together thawing slightly and refreezing
Fjord
A narrow valley or inlet from the sea originally carved out by advancing glaciers and filled by melting glacial ice
Continent
Any of the seven large landmasses of the earths surface
Peninsula
A strip of land that juts out into the ocean
Loess
Fine grained mineral rich loam, dust, or silt deposit by the wind
Estuary
A flooded river valley at the wide mouth of a river where freshwater meets saltwater