Geography Vocab term

A group of island

• bay

• oasis

• archipelago

• cape

An area of land drained by a given river and its branches; area of land surrounded by lands of higher elevations

• ocean

• basin

• channel

• island

part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally smaller than a gulf

• mesa

• lake

• mouth

• bay

deep and narrow valley with steep walls

• canyon

• peninsula

• valley

• strait

point of land that extends into a river, lake, or ocean

• reef

• cape

• sound

• source

wide strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other; deep part of a river or other waterway

• channel

• ocean current

• reef

• highland

pointed top of a mountain

• physical feature

• glacier

• mountain peak

• plain

steep, high wall of rock, earth, or ice

• oasis

• glacier

• mesa

• cliff

a series of connected mountains

• hill

• mountain range

• divide

• valley

(of a river) place where a steam or river flows into a larger body of water

• mouth

• sound

• strait

• delta