Island
– land area that is surrounded by water
Long Island
Archipelago
– chain of islands
Hawaiian Islands

Peninsula
– piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides
Florida
Gulf
– arm of an ocean or sea that is partly enclosed by land, usually larger than a bay.
Gulf of Mexico

Desert
– area that has little or no moisture or vegetation
Sahara Desert, Africa
Mountain
– high, steep, rugged land that rises sharply above the surrounding land.
Mount McKinley, Alaska

River
– large stream of water that empties into an ocean, lake, or another river
Hudson and Mohawk Rivers
Delta
– area where a river breaks off into tributaries emptying out into a larger body of water
Nile River Delta

River
– large stream of water that empties into an ocean, lake, or another river
Hudson and Mohawk Rivers
Mountain
– high, steep, rugged land that rises sharply above the surrounding land.
Mount McKinley, Alaska

Isthmus
– narrow strip of land joining two large land areas or joining a peninsula to a mainland.
Isthmus of Panama
Strait
– narrow channel that connects two larger bodies of water
Strait of Gibraltar

Sea
– large body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean
Black Sea
Lake
– body of fresh water surrounded by land
Great Lakes

Continent
– any of seven large land masses on the Earth’s surface
North America
Europe Africa
Sub-continent
–
an area of land that is part of a continent but is separated by something
(landform, language, etc.
Central (Latin)
South America
America
India
Antarctica
Australia
Asia

Ocean
– any of the large bodies of salt water on the Earth’s surface.