River and Ocean Vocabulary

a large, natural stream of fresh water that flows into a lake or ocean

a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river

• fort

• peninsula

• source

• tributary

• source

• delta

• cape

• fork

a sheltered part of a body of water deep enough to provide anchorage for ships

a place where a river branches

• lake

• mouth

• fork

• cape

• source

• mouth

• tributary

• coast

• bay

• gulf

• mouth

• fork

a body of water surrounded by land