Geography Vocabulary

2. - low land between hills or mountains
6. (Gulf) - part of an ocean or lake partially enclosed by land
8. - water held in the pores of rock
10. - a lowland region that is saturated by water
12. shelf - earth’s surface from edge of a continent to the deep part of the ocean
14. - natural elevation of the earth’s surface with steep sides and greater in height than a hill
15. - the steep almost vertical edge of a hill, mountain, or plain
17. level - level of the ocean’s surface, used as a reference point when measuring the height or depth of earth’s surface
19. - a body of land surrounded by water
20. - magma that has reached earth’s surface
22. - small pieces of rock created by weathering
23. - sheltered area of water deep enough for docking ships

1. - soft, wet, low-lying, grassy land that serves as a transition between water and land
3. - violent movement of earth as plates grind or slip past each other
4. - an opening in the earth, usually raised, through which gases, and lava escape from earth’s interior
5. - when weathered material is moved by wind, water, ice, or gravity
7. - naturally formed features on the surface of the Earth
9. - giant ocean wave caused by a earthquake
11. - a point of land extending into an ocean or lake
13. plain - flat land near the edges of rivers formed by mud and silt deposited by floods
15. - narrow, deep valley with steep sides
16. - fracture in the earth’s crust
18. - large, long-lasting mass of ice that moves because of gravity
21. plates - enormous moving pieces of earth’s lithosphere