Geographic Dictionary

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Across
  1. 4. area of low land usually between hills our mountains
  2. 5. a series of connected mountains
  3. 7. an area of land drained by a given river and its branches, are of land surrounded by lands of higher elevation.
  4. 8. part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally smaller than a gulf.
  5. 11. stretch of high land that separates river systems
  6. 13. area of flat rolling land at a high elevation
  7. 14. a group of islands.
  8. 16. mountain or hill created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the Earth.
  9. 19. narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water
  10. 20. narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas
  11. 22. part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally larger and more deeply indented then a bay
Down
  1. 1. area of level land, usually at low elevation and covered with grasses
  2. 2. flat, low lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth
  3. 3. body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded by water on three sides
  4. 6. large, thick body of slowly moving ice
  5. 9. broad, flat topped landform with steep sides; smaller then a plateau
  6. 10. steep, high wall of rock, earth, or ice
  7. 12. land area, smaller than a continent, completely surrounded by water.
  8. 15. deep and narrow valley with steep walls
  9. 17. one of the seven large landmasses on the Earth
  10. 18. a sizeable inland body of water
  11. 21. elevated land with sloping sides and rounded summit, smaller than a mountain