Geography Terms

a large group of islands

• Atoll

• Channel

• Badlands

• Archipelago

a ring of coral that encloses a pool of seawater

• Cape

• Archipelago

• Atoll

• Butte

wastelands that has been carved into unusual shapes by wind and water

• Darklands

• Dunes

• Badlands

• Goodlands

a body of water that extends into the land

• Bay

• Lake

• River

• Delta

a rocky or sandy edge of land along a body of water

• Delta

• Desert

• Badlands

• Beach

an isolated hill with sloping sides and a small, flat top

• Mountain

• Butte

• Cliff

• Canyon

a deep, valley with steep sides

• Canyon

• Hill

• Valley

• Dune

a point of land that juts out into water

• Channel

• Isthmus

• Cape

• Bay

a hollow area in the earth with an opening to the outside

• Cave

• Cliff

• Delta

• Fjord

a body of water that connects two larger bodies of water

• Channel

• Lake

• River

• Stream