A | B |
Island | land completly surrounded by water |
Penninsula | Land surrounded by water on three sides |
Bay | Body of water partly enclosed by land, usually smaller than a gulf |
Canyon | deep valley with very steep sides, carved from the earth by a rver |
The body of water to the west side of Florida | Gulf of Mexico |
geyser | Natural Hot spring that sprays water and steam above the ground |
Equator | Imaginary circle around the earth, halfway between the north and south poles |
Glacier | slowly moving river of ice |
Latitude | Runs north to south |
longitude | Runs east to west |
Mountain | Very tall, high natural place place, higher than a hill |
Marsh | A wetland found around brackish, fresh and salt water |
prairie | wide flat area of land that has grasses and only a few trees |
River | Large flowing body of water that usually empties into a sea or ocean |
Sea | large body of salt water that is often connected to an ocean. It can be partly or completely surrounded by land |
Plateau | large, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land |
strait | narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water |
Valley | low place between mountains |
Tundra | cold, treeless area; it is the coldest biome |
Swamp | freshwater wetland that has spongey, muddy land and lots of water. many trees and shrubs grow here |