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Landforms and Geography

These games will help test your knowledge of landforms and geography. This is the first section that we have covered this school year.

AB
ArchipelagoA group of Islands
PeninsulaLand almost totally surrounded by water (3 sides)
PlateauHigh and Flat land
MountainLand with steep sides that rises to a high elevation.
StraitA thin strip of water connecting larger bodies of water.
IslandA piece of land totally surrounded by water
IsthmusA thin strip of land connecting larger bodies of land.
UpstreamThe direction opposite the flow of the water.
DownstreamThe direction with the flow of the water.
Flood PlainAn Area of land near a river that floods freqently.
BayA large inland body of water (Smaller than a gulf)
GulfA large inland body of water (Larger than a bay)
WatershedWaterways that flow into a particular body of water
SourceWhere a stream or river begins. Usually of high elevation
LakeA large body of water totally surrounded by land
DeltaSoil deposits built up at the mouth of a river.
TributaryA stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river.


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