Environment Vocabulary

3. a large area of land covered with trees and plants
4. a very large area of sea; the biggest of them is called Pacific
7. an area of low land between hills or mountains, often with a river running through it
9. a raised part of the earth's surface, much larger than a hill, the top of which might be covered in snow
11. a natural wide flow of fresh water across the land into the sea
13. an area, often covered with sand or rocks, where there is very little rain and not many plants
14. a large area of water surrounded by land and not connected to the sea except by rivers or streams

1. a group of hills or mountains
2. the salty water that covers a large part of the surface of the earth
5. an area of sand or small stones near the sea or another area of water such as a lake
6. a tropical forest in which trees and plants grow very closely together
8. a forest in a tropical area that gets a lot of rain
10. a piece of land with water all around it
12. a thick layer of ice that permanently covers an area of land