continent
North America
South America
Asia
Australia
Africa
Antarctica
Europe
Largest land mass on
earth
bay
Chesapeake Bay
Tampa Bay
body of water with
land on three sides
smaller than a gulf
Island
Hawaii
Bahamas
Land that is completely
surrounded by water
peninsula
Florida
Italy
Greece
Body of land with water
on three sides
cataract
Nile River
Colorado River
Series of river rapids
or waterfalls
Oasis
Nile River, Egypt
Fertile land in the desert
fed by an underground
spring or well
desert
Sahara Desert, N. Africa
Sonoran Desert, SW USA
Mexico
Antarctica
Region that has little
precipitation
ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean
vast body of salt water;
there are 5
gulf
Gulf of Mexico
part of an ocean
with land on 3 sides
coast
Atlantic Coast (East Coast)
Pacific Coast (West Coast)
Gulf Coast
where the edge of a large
land mass meets a large
body of water
archipelago
Hawaii
Bahamas
Greek Isles
Florida Keys
group of island
mountain
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Mt. Everest, Himalayan Mts
land with extremely high
elevation compared to
surrounding area
delta
Mississippi River Delta
Nile River Delta
layers of soil
washed down from
the river
volcano
Mt. St Helens
Mt. Vesuvius
opening in the earth’s crust
which lava erupts
mouth of a river
Nile River flows into
Mediterranean Sea
Mississippi River flows
into Gulf of Mexico
where river empties into
larger body of water
strait
Bering Strait
Strait of Gibraltar
narrow body of water that
connects two larger
bodies of water
valley
Susquehanna Valley
Indus Valley
low area of land
surrounded by higher land