Geography Terms Review

1. A chain of islands

1. Archipelago

Japan

2. A deep, narrow valley with steep walls

2. Canyon

3. Part of a large body of water that is smaller than a gulf

3. Bay

Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts

4. A point or head of land projecting into a body of water.

4. Cape

Cape Town, South Africa

5. An area of land bordering the ocean

5. Coast

California coast, USA

6. An ocean ridge made up of skeletal remains of tiny sea animals

6. Coral Reef

Great Barrier Reef, Australia

7. An area where a river deposits soil into the ocean

7. Delta

8. An extremely dry area with little water and few plants

8. Desert

Sahara Desert, Africa

9. A hill of sand shaped by wind

9. Dune

Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado, USA

10. An area of densely wooded land

10. Forest

11. A large area of slow-moving ice

11. Glacier

12. A large part of the ocean that extends into land

12. Gulf

Gulf of Mexico

13. A rounded, elevated area of land smaller than a mountain

13. Hill

Sidbury Hill, U.K.

14. An area of land surrounded entirely by water

14. Island

Robben Island, South Africa

15. A narrow piece of land connecting to larger land areas

15. Isthmus

Isthmus of Panama

16. A stretch of salt water separated from the sea by a low sandbank or coral reef.

16. Lagoon

Karabogaz Lagoon, Turkmenistan

17. An inland body of water

17. Lake

Hollingworth Lake, U.K.

18. An area of rugged land that generally rises higher than 2,000 feet

18. Mountain

Rocky Mountains, USA

19. A water source in the desert

19. Oasis

An oasis in the Libyan Desert

20. A large body of water

20. Ocean

21. An area of land that sticks out into a lake or ocean

21. Peninsula

22. A nearly flat area

22. Plain

23. A large, flat, elevated area of land

23. Plateau

Mt. Roraima, Venezuela

24. A natural flow of water that runs through the land

24. River

25. A circular depression formed when the roof of a cave collapses

25. Sinkhole

Oman

26. A narrow stretch of water forming an inlet or connecting two wider areas of water such as two

seas or a sea and a lake.

26. Sound

Long Island Sound, USA

27. A narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water

(the opposite of an isthmus)

27. Strait

Bosphorus Strait, Turkey

28. An area of low land between hills or mountains

28. Valley

Sacred Valley, Peru

29. An opening in Earth’s crust where lava, ash, and gases erupt

29. Volcano

Krakatau Volcano, Indonesia

30. An area of land covered by shallow water

30. Wetland