| A | B |
| Charles River | river north of Boston |
| Neponset River | river south of Boston |
| Muddy River | river that forms part of the border between Brookline and Boston |
| Slocum Brook | stream that goes underground at our school |
| Goldsmith Brook | stream that our brook flows into |
| Stony Brook | stream that used to provide power for factories |
| Boston Harbor | body of water that the Charles and Neponset Rivers flow into |
| Jamaica Plain | our school's neighborhood |
| Jamaica Pond | lake at the beginning of the Muddy River |
| Fenway | where Stony Brook joins the Muddy River |
| tributary | river that joins a larger river |
| peninsula | land surrounded on 3 sides by water |
| Trimountain | what Boston was first called by English settlers |
| Shawmut | Native American name for Boston's original peninsula |
| shoreline | where land and water meet |
| coast | land bordering an ocean |
| downhill toward the ocean | direction water always flows |
| north | direction Stony Brook flows |
| Roxbury | neighborhood directly northeast of JP |
| Roslindale | neighborhood directly south of JP |
| Dorchester | largest Boston neighborhood |
| East Boston | Logan Airport is located in this Boston neighborhood |
| Massachusetts | Native Americans who lived in the Boston area |
| arboretum | tree museum |