Geography Geography TermsTerms

a region of little rainfall a region of little rainfall where few plants and where few plants and

animals liveanimals live

DesertDesert

a high area of land with a high area of land with steep sides and a sharp steep sides and a sharp

peakpeak

MountaMountainin

a raised part of the earth’s a raised part of the earth’s surface that is lower than a surface that is lower than a

mountainmountain

HillHill

a body of water that a body of water that extends into landextends into land

BayBay

one of the seven great land one of the seven great land masses on earthmasses on earth

ContinenContinentt

a piece of land that is a piece of land that is surrounded by watersurrounded by water

IslandIsland

a flat area of land that is a flat area of land that is higher than the land higher than the land

around itaround it

PlateauPlateau

an inland body of fresh or an inland body of fresh or salt watersalt water

LakeLake

a large, low area of flat or a large, low area of flat or rolling land with few treesrolling land with few trees

PlainPlain

a deep valley with steep a deep valley with steep sidessides

CanyonCanyon

a raised area with steep a raised area with steep sides and a large, flat topsides and a large, flat top

MesaMesa

an area of low land an area of low land between mountains and between mountains and

hillshills

ValleyValley

a narrow body of water a narrow body of water that connects two larger that connects two larger

bodies of waterbodies of water

StraitStrait

an area of land that is an area of land that is nearly surrounded by nearly surrounded by

waterwater

PeninsPeninsulaula

a long body of water that a long body of water that flows over landflows over land

RiverRiver

a low, wet area where a low, wet area where trees and high shrubs growtrees and high shrubs grow

SwampSwamp

Regions of the United Regions of the United StatesStates

Rocky Mountains

Appalachian

Mountains

Interior Plains

Mojave & Sonoran Deserts

Delaware & Chesapeake

Bay

Swampy areas