1. Atoll - a coral island shaped like a ring with a
lake in the middle of it
2. Archipelago - a group of islands
3. Canyon - the land between hills or mountains, sometimes
containing a stream or river
4. Delta - a deposit,usually triangular in shape, of
sand and soil that forms at the mouth of a river
5. Equator - the imaginary circle around the Earth halfway
between the North Pole and the South Pole. The equator has a latitude
of 0º.
6. Fiord (fjord) - a deep, narrow inlet of the sea between
high, steep, rocky banks
7. Gulf - part of a large body of water that extends
into land, often larger than a bay
8. Hemisphere - Half of the Earth's surface. (like an
orange cut in half) The equator divides Earth into the Northern
Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. The prime meridian divides
Earth into the Eastern and the Western Hemisphere.
9. Island - body of land, smaller than a continent,
completely surrounded by water
10. Isthmus - a narrow piece of land joining two larger
pieces of land, or joining a peninsula with the mainland
11. Latitude - Imaginary lines running north & south
of the Equator ( parallel to the Equator)
12. Longitude - Imaginary lines running east or west
of the Prime Meridian
13. Mountain Range - series of connected mountains
14. Peninsula - a jut of land surrounded by water on
three sides
15. Physical map - a map that shows mainly physical
features, such as mountains, rivers, elevation, valleys, etc.
16. Political map -a map that shows mainly political
boundaries of countries, states, provinces, counties, etc.
17. Plain- a broad, flat stretch of land
18. Plateau - a large, level, or nearly level, area
of elevated land
19. River - a large stream of water that drains an area
of land and flows into another river, a lake or the ocean
20. Sound- a long and rather narrow body of water, larger
than a strait, connecting two large bodies of water or separating
a large island from the mainland
21. Strait - a passageway of water that separates two
larger bodies of water
22. Swamp - an area of low, spongy land too wet to farm,
but usually covered with vegetation
23. Tributary - a small river that flows into a larger
river