Terms Week 1-9 Flashcards
The elevation of an object in relation to a given plane, often sea level
Altitude
A ring shaped coral reef, island, or set of small Islands nearly or completely surrounding a lagoon
Atoll
A long, narrow passage of water; a creek
Arm
A body of water interspersed with many isles
Archipelago
A hollow place for water; an enclosed part of water, forming a broad space within a strait or a narrow entrance; a little bay
Basin
A high bank, almost perpendicular, projecting into the sea
Bluff
A shore of the sea or of a lake, washed by the tide and waves
Beach
A soggy, swampy, slow moving body of water, obstructed by vegetation
bayou
A soft, wet ground covered with grass or other plants, too soft to Bear a man
Bog
An arm of the sea, extending into the land, smaller than a golf and larger than a creek
Bay
A small natural stream of water; a current flowing from a spring
Brook
A headland; the head, point, or termination of a neck of land, extending some distance into the sea beyond the common shore
Cape
A long deep hollow with deep, Rocky sides worn by a stream or torrent of water
Canyon
An artificial cut or passage for water used for transportation
A canal
A deep naturally hollow place in the earth, deeper than a cave
Cavern
A hollow place in the earth; a subterraneous cavern; a den; may be natural or artificial
Cave
A high, steep almost vertical rock, usually on a coast
Cliff
A cleft or Fissure in a rock or the Earth’s surface caused by disrupture
A chasm
An arm of the sea; a straight or narrow sea between two continents or between a continent and an isle
A channel
A cone-shaped hill a volcanic material surrounding an opening in the Earth
Cinder cone
A steep rugged rock; a rough, broken rock or point of a rock
Crag
A small inlet or bay; a recess in the seashore
A cove
Any tract of land or inhabited land; any region, as distinguished from other regions; a kingdom, state, or lesser district
Country
