Continent
Archipelago
Cape
Coast
Delta
any one of the seven largest land
masses surrounded by ocean
a group of islands
a point of land that extends into
an ocean or sea
Land next to the sea or ocean
the triangle-shaped land at the
mouth of river, formed by
deposits as the river current
meets the still ocean or sea
Hill
Mountain
Isthmus
Oasis
Peninsula
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a small elevation on the Earth’s
surface
a large elevation on the Earth’s
surface that rises quickly
a narrow strip of land
connecting two larger pieces of
land
a fertile spot in the desert
usually watered by an
underground spring
land that juts out into a body of
water and is surrounded by
water on three sides
Plain
Plateau
Watershed
a large, flat area of land, usually
with few or no trees
a large, elevated piece of land
with at least one steep side
an area of land that is
crisscrossed by smaller
waterways that drain into a
larger body of water
Valley
the land between hills or
mountains sometimes with a
river
Canyon
a valley with steep walls and a
Island
Volcano
land completely surrounded by
Tributary
Canal
a stream or river that flows into
Channel
A narrow strip of natural water
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flat bottom, usually cut by a
river into the rock
water
an opening in the earth's crust
through which molten lava, ash,
and gases are ejected.
a larger stream or river
a narrow strip of man-made
water used for irrigation,
navigation, or drainage
used for irrigation, navigation,
or drainage
River
Mouth
River
Source
Estuary
the point where a river ends and
empties into an ocean or sea
the point where a river begins,
usually in higher elevations
a narrow arm of brackish (fresh
and salt water mixed) water
where the ocean tide meets the
river current
Gulf
a large body of water (larger
Harbor
an inlet body of deep water
Lake
Ocean
Strait
A large body of fresh water
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than a bay) along a curved
coastline
sheltered from storms used for
shipping
completely surrounded by land
one of the Earth’s four largest
bodies of salt water
a narrow strip of water
connecting two larger bodies of
water
Sea
Bay
Sound
a large body of salt water
surrounded partly or mostly by
land
small part of a large body of
water that extends into the land
a long passage of water that
connects two larger bodies of
water or separating a mainland
and an island
River
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a large stream of natural origin
that flows into another body of
water