Geography Vocabulary*

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Across
  1. 2. a large sheet of ice that moves slowly over some land surface or down a valley
  2. 5. part of an ocean, sea, or lake that extends into the land (usually smaller than a gulf)
  3. 6. a large body of water partly or entirely surrounded by land
  4. 7. a small, flat-topped hill (smaller than a plateau or mesa)
  5. 12. a high steep face of rock or earth
  6. 13. a high, flat landform that rises steeply above the surrounding land (larger than a mesa and a butte)
  7. 14. an area of low-lying land surrounded by higher land
  8. 15. a body of water completely surrounded by land
  9. 17. a deep, narrow inlet of the sea between high, steep cliffs
  10. 19. a shallow body of water partly or completely enclosed within an atoll; a shallow body of sea water partly cut off from the sea by a narrow strip of land.
  11. 21. part of an ocean or sea that extends into the land (usually larger than a bay)
  12. 23. a place where a river or stream begins
  13. 24. a large stream of water that flows across the land and usually empties into a lake ocean, or other river
  14. 25. a man-made waterway built to carry water for navigation or irrigation, connecting two other bodies of water
  15. 27. a high, rounded or pointed landform with steep sides, higher than a hill
  16. 30. a mound, hill, or ridge of sand that is heaped up by the wind
  17. 33. a large area of flat or nearly flat land
  18. 34. a large group or chain of islands
  19. 36. a ring-shaped coral island or string of islands surrounding a lagoon
  20. 37. a body of land nearly surrounded by water
  21. 38. basin all the land drained by a river and its tributaries
  22. 40. a narrow waterway or channel connecting two larger bodies of water
  23. 41. a rounded, raised landform, not as high as a mountain
Down
  1. 1. a high, flat landform rising steeply above the surrounding land (smaller than a plateau, larger than a butte)
  2. 3. a projecting part of a coastline that extends into an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or lake
  3. 4. a flow of water falling from a high place to a lower place
  4. 6. a large area of flat, unforested grasslands
  5. 8. a river or stream that flows into a larger river or stream
  6. 9. the place where a river empties into another body of water
  7. 10. a protected place along a shore where ships can safely anchor
  8. 11. a ridge of sand, rock, or coral, that lies at or near the surface of a sea
  9. 12. a deep, narrow valley with steep sides
  10. 16. a wall built across a river to hold back the flowing water
  11. 18. land formed at the mouth of a river to hold back the flowing water
  12. 20. an area of land in the desert made fertile by a steady supply of water
  13. 22. a body of land completely surrounded by water
  14. 25. land across an ocean or a sea
  15. 26. an opening in the earth through which lava, rock, gasses, and ash are forced out
  16. 28. one of the earth's largest bodies of water (there are now five named oceans that make up the one global ocean)
  17. 29. a natural or man-made lake used to store water
  18. 31. a narrow strip of land bordered by water that connects two larger bodies of land
  19. 32. the pointed top of a mountain or hill
  20. 33. a place where ships load and unload goods
  21. 35. an area with little to no precipitation
  22. 39. an area of low land between hills or mountains