Geography Terms

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I am a bowl-shaped area of land surrounded by higher land. What am I?

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BASIN

Front 2

I am a narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas of land. What am I?

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ISTHMUS

Front 3

I am a narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water. What am I?

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STRAIT

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I am a body of water that is part if a sea or ocean and is partly enclosed by land. What am I?

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BAY

Front 5

I am a body of water with land on all sides. What am I?

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LAKE

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I am an area of low, wet land with trees. What am I?

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SWAMP

Front 7

I am a high, steep face of rock or earth. What am I?

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BLUFF

Front 8

I am a lowland with moist soil and tall grasses. What am I?

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MARSH

Front 9

I am a line on a mountain above which it is too cold for trees to grow. What am I?

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TIMBERLINE

Front 10

I am a deep, narrow valley with steep sides. What am I?

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CANYON

Front 11

I am a flat-topped mountain with steep sides. What am I?

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MESA

Front 12

I am a stream or river that empties into a larger river. What am I?

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TRIBUTARY

Front 13

I am a point of lnad that extends into water. What am I?

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CAPE

Front 14

I am the highest kind of land. What am I?

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MOUNTAIN

Front 15

I am the deepest part of a body of water. What am I?

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CHANNEL

Front 16

I am a gap between mountains. What am I?

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MOUNTAIN PASS

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I am a high, steep face of rock or earth. What am I?

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CLIFF

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I am a row of mountains. What am I?

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MOUNTAIN RANGE

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I am low land betweeen hills or mountains. What am I?

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VALLEY

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I am land along a sea or ocean. What am I?

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COAST

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I am a place where a river empties into another body of water. What am I?

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THE MOUTH OF A RIVER

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I am an opening in the Earth, often raised, through which lava, rock, ashes, and gases are forced out. What am I?

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VOLCANO

Front 23

I am an area of flat land along a sea or ocean. What am I?

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COASTAL PLAIN

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I am an area of water and fertile land in a desert. What am I?

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OASIS

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I am a steep drop from a high place to a lower place in a stream or river. What am I?

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WATERFALL

Front 26

I am a triangle-shaped area of land at the mouth of a river. What am I?

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DELTA

Front 27

I am a body of salt water larger than a sea. What am I?

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OCEAN

Front 28

I am dry land with few plants. What am I?

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DESERT

Front 29

I am the top of a mountain. What am I?

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PEAK

Front 30

I am a hill of sand piled up by the wind. What am I?

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DUNE

Front 31

I am land that is almost completely surrounded by water. What am I?

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PENINSULA

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I am an area along whic rivers form waterfalls or rapids as the rivers drop to lower land. What am I?

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FALL LINE

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I am flat land. What am I?

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PLAIN

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I am a flat land that is near the edges of a river and is formed by the silt deposited by floods. What am I?

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FLOODPLAIN

Front 35

I am an area of high, flat land with steep sides. What am I?

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PLATEAU

Front 36

I am a hilly area at the base of a mountain. What am I?

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FOOTHILLS

Front 37

I am a ridge of sand, rock, or coral taht lies at or near the surface of a sea or ocean. What am I?

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REEF

Front 38

I am a large ice mass that moves slowly down a mountain or across land. What am I?

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GLACIER

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I am a large stream of water that flows across the land. What am I?

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RIVER

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I am a body of water that is partly enclosed by land but is larger than a bay. What am I?

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GULF

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I am land along a river. What am I?

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RIVERBANK

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I am an area of water where ships can dock safely near land. What am I?

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HARBOR

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I am a body of salt water smaller than an ocean. What am I?

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SEA

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I am land that rises above the land around it. What am I?

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HILL

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I am the level that is even with the surface of an ocean or sea. What am I?

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SEA LEVEL

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I am a narrow strip of water leading into the land from a larger body of water. What am I?

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INLET

Front 47

I am the side os a hill or mountain. What am I?

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SLOPE

Front 48

I am a land that has water on all sides. What am I?

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ISLAND

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I am the place where a river begins. What am I?

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THE SOURCE OF THE RIVER