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Land and Water Forms

Dictionary of geographical terms


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islandland entirely surrounded by water
valleylow land between hills or mountains
isthmusnarrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
peninsulabody of land nearly surrounded by water
harborarea of water sheltered by land
capepoint of land stretching out into a body of water
riverlarge stream of water flowing through land
upstreamdirection towards a river's source, opposite of its flow
lakean inland body of water
mountainhigh rocky land with steep sides and a pointed or rounded top
straitnarrow stretch of water connecting two larger bodies of water
gulfpart of a sea or ocean that reaches into land
baypart of a body of water that reaches into land
deltaland built up by deposits at a river's mouth
downstreamdirection of a river's flow - toward's its mouth
sealarge body of water, usually salt water, partly or completely enclosed by land
oceanone of the four largest bodies of water on the earth
source of a riverthe place where a river begins
mouth of a riverplace where a river flows into a larger body of water
plainan area of broad level land
continentone of the seven largest bodies of land on the earth