Geographic Dictionary

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Across
  1. 3. / deep and narrow valley with steep walls
  2. 4. / elevated land area such as a hill, mountain, or plateau
  3. 8. / steep, high wall of rock, earth, or ice
  4. 10. / large, thick body of slowly moving ice
  5. 11. / broad, flat-topped landform with steep sides; smaller than a plateau
  6. 15. Range / a series of connected mountains
  7. 17. / land lying next to a sea or an ocean
  8. 20. / direction in which a river or stream flows from its source to its mouth
  9. 22. / area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation, about 300 to 3,000 feet (90 to 900 m) high
  10. 24. / (of a river) place where a stream or river flows into a larger body of water
  11. 25. / narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas
  12. 27. / stretch of high land that separates river systems
  13. 29. / a group of islands
  14. 32. Feature / characteristic of a place occurring naturally, such as a landform, body of water, climate pattern, or resource
  15. 33. / (of a river) place where a river or stream begins, often in highlands
  16. 34. / land, usually level, at a low elevation
  17. 38. / steep cliff or slope between a higher and lower land surface
  18. 40. / mountain or hill created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the Earth
  19. 42. / a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely
Down
  1. 1. Peak / pointed top of a mountain
  2. 2. / one of the four major bodies of salt water that surround the continents
  3. 5. / part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally larger and more deeply indented than a bay
  4. 6. / body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water
  5. 7. / flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth
  6. 8. / wide strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other; deep part of a river or other waterway
  7. 9. / land area, smaller than a continent, completely surrounded by water
  8. 12. / land with steep sides that rises sharply (1,000 feet or more) from surrounding land; generally larger and more rugged than a hill
  9. 13. / one of the seven large landmasses on the Earth
  10. 14. / part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally smaller than a gulf
  11. 16. / area of land drained by a given river and its branches; area of land surrounded by lands of higher elevations
  12. 17. / large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land
  13. 18. / broad inland body of water, often between a coastline and one or more islands off the coast
  14. 19. / small river or stream that flows into a large river or stream; a branch of the river
  15. 21. / small area in a desert where water and vegetation are found
  16. 23. / a sizable inland body of water
  17. 26. / direction opposite the flow of a river; toward the source of a river or stream
  18. 28. / area of low land usually between hills or mountains
  19. 30. / elevated land with sloping sides and rounded summit; generally smaller than a mountain
  20. 31. / narrow stretch of water joining between two larger bodies of water
  21. 35. Current / stream of either cold or warm water that moves in a definite direction through an ocean
  22. 36. / a chain of rocks, coral or sand at or near the surface of the water
  23. 37. / large natural stream of water that runs through the land
  24. 39. / area of level land, usually at low elevation and often covered with grasses
  25. 41. / point of land that extends into a river, lake, or ocean