Geographic Features

Each of these colored areas of land is a ___________.

• continent

• country

• island

• state

This is a narrow waterway that could also be called a channel, a passage, or a narrow.

• river

• sound

• cape

• strait

What is this large piece of land sticks out into the water and is almost completely surrounded by water called?

• archipelago

• paisade

• cape

• peninsula

This boat is passing through a long, narrow bit of sea between tall cliffs called a __________.

• river

• palisade

• canyon

• fjord

Which feature is a land mass surrounded by water but smaller than a continent?

• Island

• peninsula

• Gulf

• Lake

Which feature is a natural stream of fresh water that empty into a larger body of water?

• Lake

• River

• Tributary

• Ocean

What are parts of a sea or ocean partly surrounded by land?

• Island

• Peninsula

• Gulf/Bay

• River

a large, hot, dry area of land with very few plants

• dessert

• savannah

• desert

• jungle

A _____ is a body of salt water, smaller than an ocean.

• ocean
• sea
• river
• lake

A ____ is a large natural elevation of the Earth’s surface that rises from the Earth’s surface.

• hill
• mountain
• plateau
• mesa