Geography Terms COPY

Question 1

altitude

Answer 1

n. height above sea level

Question 2

archipelago

Answer 2

group of many islands

Question 3

arm

Answer 3

a narrow bay or inlet

Question 4

atoll

Answer 4

a ring-shaped coral island or group of islands enclosing or partly enclosing a lagoon.

Question 5

bank

Answer 5

the rising ground bordering a river, lake, etc.

Question 6

Basin

Answer 6

a shallow area containing water

Question 7

Bay

Answer 7

n. part of a sea or lake extending into the land, having a wide opening. A bay is usually smaller than a gluf and largert than a cove.

Question 8

Bayou

Answer 8

N. a marshy inlet or outlet of a lake, river or gulf

Question 9

Beach

Answer 9

N. A flat, sandy or stony part of the seashore , over which water washes

Question 10

Bluff

Answer 10

N. A high, steep bank or cliff especially one on the shore of the sea, lake or river

Question 11

Bog

Answer 11

N. A piece of wet spongy ground, consisting chiefly of decayed or decaying moss and other vegetable matter to soft to bear the wieght of any heavy body on its surface

Question 12

Branch

Answer 12

N. A tributary stream

Question 13

Brink

Answer 13

N. The edge or border of s steep place, as of a precipice or the bank of a river

Question 14

Brook

Answer 14

N. Asmall natural stream of water; a current flowing from a spring

Question 15

Canal

Answer 15

N. An artificial cut or passage for water used for tranportation

Question 16

Canyon

Answer 16

N. A long deep hollow with steep rocky sides worn by a stream or torrent of water

Question 17

Cape

Answer 17

N. A head land; the head, point, or termination of a neck of land, extending some distance into the sea beyond the common shore