Geography terms 5th grade michi lesson 1

Question 1

Basin

Answer 1

Bowl-shaped area of land surrounded by higher land

Question 1

Canyon

Answer 1

Deep narrow valley with steep sides

Question 2

Bay

Answer 2

Inlet of the sea or of some body of water, usually smaller than a gulf

Question 3

Cape

Answer 3

Point of land that extends into water

Question 4

Channel

Answer 4

Deepest part of a body of water

Question 6

Coastal plain

Answer 6

Area of flat land along a sea or ocean

Question 7

Delta

Answer 7

Triangle-shaped area at the mouth of a river

Question 8

Fall line

Answer 8

Area along which rivers form waterfalls or rapids as the rivers drop to lower land

Question 8

Gulf

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Glacier

Answer 9

Large ice mass that moves slowly down a mountain or across land

Question 10

Inlet

Answer 10

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

Question 11

isthmus

Answer 11

narrow strip of land connecting larger areas of land

Question 12

marsh

Answer 12

low land with moist soil and tall grasses

Question 13

mesa

Answer 13

flat-topped mountain with steep sides

Question 14

mountain pass

Answer 14

gap between mountains

Question 15

mountain range

Answer 15

chain of mountains

Question 16

mouth of river

Answer 16

place where a river empties into another body of water

Question 17

peninsula

Answer 17

land that is almost completely surrounded by water

Question 18

plain

Answer 18

area of flat or gently rolling land

Question 19

plateau

Answer 19

area of high, mostly flat, land

Question 20

savannah

Answer 20

area of grassland and and scarce trees

Question 21

sea level

Answer 21

level of the surface of an ocean or sea

Question 22

source of river

Answer 22

place where a river begins

Question 23

strait

Answer 23

narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water

Question 24

swamp

Answer 24

area of low wet land with trees