Social Studies Flashcards
an area of low-lying wet land with trees
swamp
a shallow body of water separating land from the sea in the Pacific Ocean
lagoon
an area,wider than a strait,connecting two bodies of water
channel
a lowland area that holds fresh and salt water
wetland
a narrow water form that connects two larger bodies of water
strait
largest body of salt water on earth
ocean
a stream of water that flows into a larger body of water
tributary
a wide stream of water that flows across the land
river
a very large area of ocean;a landlocked saltwater form
sea
a large inland body of water that holds fresh or salt water
lake
a very large area of sea or ocean or sea that’s partly surrounded by land
gulf
a slow moving mass of ice
glacier
part of an ocean,sea or lake that reaches into the land
bay
a waterway dug across the land to connect two bodies of water
canal