Geography Vocabulary Flashcards
Archipelago
A group or chain of many islands in the sea
Altitude
Elevation above sea level
Arm
An inlet from the sea or other bodies of water
Atoll
A small island shape of the ring of a horseshoe formed by deposits of coral sea animals
Bank
A steep or sloping border of any stream
Basin
A low place in the surface of the land usually with a body of water occupying the lowest part
Bay
An inlet of the ocean or part of the ocean boarding and partly surrounded by land
Bayou
A slow sluggish stream usually use to describe in that from the Mississippi River
Beach
The pebbly or Sandy shore of the sea or lake that is washed away by waves
Bluff
A steep high bank beside a body of water
Bog
Very wet spongy ground not able to support much usually made of Decade plants
Branch
A small stream
Breakers
Waves breaking into foam as they approach
Brink
The very edge at the top of the bluff or precipice
Brook
The natural stream of running water smaller than a river
Canal
A construct a channel filled with water use for navigation and irrigation
Canyon
A deep narrow Valley having high steep slopes
cape
You narrow piece of land projecting into the sea
Cave
A deep hollow area under the earth surface
Cavern
In arch cave of a large room size
Channel
A narrow strip of water
Chasm
An empty deep gap in the surface of The earth
cinder cone
A cone shaped mass of material made by a volcanic eruption
Cliff
A steep rocky face of a bluff
