Memorizing Vocab

Question 1

Archipelago

Answer 1

A group of Islands.

Question 2

Basin

Answer 2

Area of land drained by a given river and its branches; area of land surrounded by lands of higher elevations.

Question 3

Bay

Answer 3

Part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally smaller than a gulf.

Question 4

Canyon

Answer 4

Deep and narrow valley with steep walls.

Question 5

Cape

Answer 5

Point of land that extends into a river, lake, or ocean.

Question 6

Channel

Answer 6

Wide strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other; deep part of a river or other waterway.

Question 7

Cliff

Answer 7

Steep, high wall of rock, earth, or ice.

Question 8

Continent

Answer 8

One of the seven large landmasses on the Earth.

Question 9

Delta

Answer 9

Flat, low lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth.

Question 10

Sea

Answer 10

Large body of water completley or partly surrounded by land

Question 11

Divide

Answer 11

stretch of high land that separates river systems.

Question 12

Downstream

Answer 12

Direction in which a river or stream flows from its source to its mouth.

Question 13

escarpment

Answer 13

steep cliff or slope between a higher and lower land surface.

Question 14

gulf

Answer 14

part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally larger and more deeply indented than a bay.

Question 14

Glacier

Answer 14

large, thick body of slowly moving ice.

Question 15

harbor

Answer 15

a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely.

Question 16

highland

Answer 16

elevated land area such as a hill, mountain, or plateau

Question 17

hill

Answer 17

elevated land with sloping sides and rounded summit; generally smaller than a mountain.

Question 18

island

Answer 18

land area; smaller than a continent, completely surrounded by water.