| A | B |
|---|
| continent | a very large body of land |
| landform | a feature of the Earth's surface |
| plain | a large area of mostly flat land |
| sea level | the point at which the the ocean meets the land |
| plateau | a large area of flat land that is higher than sea level |
| mountain | a landform that rises very high above sea level and the surrounding land |
| valley | a lowland between 2 mountains or mountain ranges |
| hill | a landform that is similar to a mountain but not as high |
| island | a landform that is surrounded on all sides by water |
| peninsula | a piece of land that reaches out into the water - water on 3 sides |
| ocean | the largest body of salt water on Earth |
| sea | a large body of salt that is smaller than an ocean and partly surrounded by land |
| gulf | an inlet of an ocean ofr other large body of water, usually larger than a bay |
| lake | a body of water surrounded on all sides by land |
| river | a large stream of fresh water |
| mainland | largest part of a country that is separated from one or more other parts by water or land |
| compass rose | an aid in finding directions on a map |
