Landforms And Bodies Of Water

A group or chain of many Islands.

Archipelago

Dry or lacking of rainfall; also a climate or climate zone that is hot and dry all year with very little rain.

Arid

A broad area of land drained by a single river and its tributaries, or drained into a lake.

Basin

Broad inlet of the sea where land curls inwards.

Bay

A deep, steep-sided narrow valley.

Canyon

A fairly large piece of land extending into a body of water

Cape

A natural elevation of the Earth's surface considerable mass, generally steep sides, and height greater than that of a hill.

Cliffs Mountain

A graph that shows the average temperature and precipitation in a place over a year.

Climagraph

The patter of weather over a long period of time.

Climate

A large area of Earth with particular pattern of water.

Climate zone

land along a sea or ocean

Coast

The area of sediments formed at the mouth of a river.

Delta

region so arid because of little rainfall that it's supposes sparse vegetation and is often dry and dusty/ sandy

Desert

Mounds of ridge or sand or other loose sediment formed by the wind.

Dunes

Any action that relates to the making, buying and selling of good s and service.

Economic Activity

The height of the land above the sea level.

Elevation

A long narrow deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs.

Fjord

The planting, growing and harvesting of trees.

Forestry

Any fuel, such as petroleum, coal and natural gas, that is made from the remains of prehistoric plants and animals

Fossil fuels

A large mass of slowly moving ice

Glacier

A large inlet of ocean or sea that is partially surrounded by land.

Gulf

A sheltered part of a body of water deep enough to provide anchorage for.

Harbor

A natural elevation of Earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.

Hills

A climate or climate zone with arm, rainy summers, and cool, snowy winters.

Humid Continental

Electricity that is generated from power of moving water.

Hydroelectric power

A piece of land completely surrounded by water.

Island

A narrow strip of land that connects two larger areas of land narrowly separates two large bodies of water.

Isthmus

A large inland body of water.

Lake

The ways in which people use a particular area of Earth's surface.

Land Use

An isolated, rocky hill or mountain with a large flat top.

Mesa

A line of mountains connected by high ground.

Mountain Range

A narrow piece of land that juts out from the mainland into an area of water.

Mouth Peninsula

A useful material that is found in nature, such as water, wood, coal, and oil.

Natural Resources

Fertile spot in the desert where the water is found.

Oasis

the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of Earth's surface.

Ocean

Any natural characteristics of Earth's surface, such as land-forms and bodies of water.

Physical Features

A large, flat or level area of land.

Plain

A large farm especially in a hot area.

Plantation

An elevated, mostly level area of land.

Plateau

The average number of people who live in a unit of area, such as a square mile. Measures how crowded an area is.

Population densty

Moisture that falls from the sky as rain, snow, sleet and hail.

Precipitation

Ridge of jagged rock, coral or sand just above or below the surface of the sea.

Reaf

An area defined by one or more natural or cultural characteristics that set it apart from other areas.

Region

A natural stream of water that flows through land and empties into a body of water such as a ocean or lake.

River

A place where a stream flows into a larger body of water.

River Mouth

The area where a river originates.

River Source

A large body of salt of water that runs into an ocean that helps cover over 3/4's of the Earth.

Sea

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

Strait

A map that shows a particular theme or topic

Thematic Map

Streams and rivers flowing into a larger river.

Tributary

Steep rock face-frequently at the edge of the sea.

Tributary Cliff

Low area of land between hills or mountains typically with a river or stream flowing through it.

Valley

All the plants and trees in a area.

Vegetation

A large area of Earth with a certain mix of plants and trees that are adapted to similar conditions.

Vegetation Zones

An opening in the Earth from which hot gases,smoke and molten lava are emitted.

Volcano

A vertical stream of water that occurs where a river or stream falls over the edge of a steep place.

Waterfall