6th Grade Virginia - Geography Vocabulary

a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides

• tributary

• peninsula

• bay

• river

smaller streams and rivers that flow into a main river

• bay

• peninsula

• lake

• tributaries

large natural stream of water that runs through the land

• valley

• river

• plateau

• gulf

part of a large body of water that is smaller than a gulf

• bay

• lake

• ocean

• harbor

a landform with high elevation

• island

• hill

• continent

• mountain

an area of low land between hills or mountains

• bay

• valley

• island

• latitude

an area of high, flat land

• gulf

• mountain

• plateau

• hill

a body of water surrounded by land

• plains

• lake

• gulf

• island

a large body of salt water

• longitude

• plateau

• gulf

• ocean

one of the seven large landmasses on the earth

• contintent

• harbor

• country

• Prime Meridian