Geography Terms

Question 0

An inlet of the sea or some other body of water usually smaller that a gulf

Answer 0

Bay

Question 1

Bowl-shaped area of land surrounded by higher land

Answer 1

Basin

Question 2

Deep, narrow valley steep sides

Answer 2

Canyon

Question 3

Deepest part of a body of water

Answer 3

Channel

Question 4

Land along a sea or ocean

Answer 4

Coast

Question 5

Area of flat land along a sea or ocean

Answer 5

Coastal Plain

Question 6

Triangle-shaped area of land at the mouth of a river

Answer 6

Delta

Question 7

Dry land with few plants

Answer 7

Desert

Question 8

Flat land that is near the edges of a river and is formed by silt deposited by floods

Answer 8

Floodplain

Question 9

Part of a sea or ocean extending into the land, usually larger than a bay

Answer 9

Gulf

Question 10

Any area of water extending into the land from a larger body of water

Answer 10

Inlet

Question 11

Land that has water on all sides

Answer 11

Island

Question 12

Narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas of land

Answer 12

Isthmus

Question 13

Body of water with land on all sides

Answer 13

Lake

Question 14

Highest kind of land

Answer 14

Mountain

Question 15

Gap between mountains

Answer 15

Mountain Pass

Question 16

Row of mountains

Answer 16

Mountain Range

Question 17

Body of salt water larger than a sea

Answer 17

Ocean

Question 18

Land that is almost completely surrounded by water

Answer 18

Peninsula

Question 19

Area of flat or gently rolling low land

Answer 19

Plain

Question 20

Area of high, mostly flat land

Answer 20

Plateau

Question 21

Large stream of water that flows across the land

Answer 21

River

Question 22

Land along a river

Answer 22

Riverbank

Question 23

Area of grassland and scattered trees

Answer 23

Savanna

Question 24

Body of salt water smaller than an ocean

Answer 24

Sea

Question 25

The level of the surface of an ocean or a sea

Answer 25

Sea level

Question 26

Narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water

Answer 26

Strait

Question 27

Stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river

Answer 27

Tributary

Question 28

Low land between hills or mountains

Answer 28

Valley