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