| A | B |
|---|
| mountain | highest kind of land |
| mountain pass | gap between mountains |
| mountain range | row of mountains |
| mouth of river | place where a river empties into another body of water |
| oasis | area of water and fertile land in a desert |
| ocean | body of salt water larger than a sea |
| peak | top of a mountain |
| peninsual | land that is almost completely surrounded by water |
| plain | flat land |
| plateau | area of high,flat land with steep sides |
| reef | ridge of sand, rock or coral that lies at or near the surface of a sea or ocean |
| river | large stream of water that flows across land |
| riverbank | land along a river |
| savanna | area of grassland and scattered trees |
| sea | body of salt water smaller than an ocean |
| sea level | the level that is even with the surface of an ocean or sea |
| slope | side of a hill or mountain |
| source of river | place where a river begins |
| strait | narrow channel of water connecting 2 larger bodies of water |
| swamp | area of low, wet land with trees |
| timberline | line on a mountain above which it is too cold for trees to grow |
| tributary | stream or river that empties into a larger river |
| valley | low land between hills or mountains |
| volcano | opening in the Earth, often raised, through which lave, rock, ashes, or gases are forced out |
| waterfall | steep drop from a high place to a lower place in a stream or river |
| mesa | flat-topped mountain with steep sides |
| marsh | lowland with moist soil and tall grasses |
| lake | bodyof water with land on alll sides |
| lagoon | body of shallow water |
| isthmus | narrow strip of land connecting 2 larger areas of land |
| island | land that has water on all sides |
| inlet | a narrow strip of water leading into the land from a larger body of water |
| hill | land that rises above the land around it |
| gulf | body of water that is partly enclosed by land but is larger than a bay |
| glacier | large ice mass that moves slowly down a mountain or across land |
| foothills | hilly area at the base of a mountain |
| floodplain | flat land that is near the edges of a river and is formed by the silt deposited by floods |
| fall line | area along which rivers form waterfalls or rapids as the rivers drop to lower land |
| dune | hill of sand piled up by the wind |
| desert | dry land with few plants |
| delta | traingle-shaped area of land at the mouth of a river |
| coastal plain | area of flat land along a sea or ocean |
| coast | land along a sea or ocean |
| cliff | high,steep face of rock or earth |
| channel | deepest part of a body of water |
| cataract | large waterfall |
| cape | point of land that extends into water |
| canyon | deep, narrow valley with steep sides |
| bluff | high, steep face of rock or earth |
| bay | body of water that is part of a sea or ocean and is partly enclosed by land |
| basin | bowl-shaped area ofland |
