Geography vocabulary

1. A long narrow inlet of the sea between tall, rocky cliffs.
3. A shallow place in a stream where people and animals can safely wade from one bank to the other.
7. An isolated rocky hill or mountain with a small flat top.
11. A low, spongy wetland.
13. A bend in the winding, looping, course of many lowland rivers.
14. A fan shaped deposit of mud and sand, often green with vegetation, found at the mouths of many rivers.
16. A narrow strip of land that connects two larger areas of land and narrowly separates two large bodies of water.
17. The place where a stream flows into a larger body of water.
19. A very dry and desolate land. Receives little to no rainfall.
20. A large body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean.
23. the area where a river originates and begins its journey to sea.
24. A small area of sea or lake partly enclosed by dry land.
25. A pointed piece of land that projects from a coastline.
26. A broad belt of climate and geography that encircles the earth.

2. A long, large stream.
4. A mound or ridge of loose sand shaped by blowing winds.
5. A small, narrow, rocky ravine.
6. A hot, humid, tropical rain forest.
8. A region thickly covered with trees and abundant underbrush.
9. A stretch of river where the fast currents crash on the rocks.
10. shelf A shallow, underwater plain that is the real outer edge of a continent.
12. A marsh with trees.
15. A large inland body of water.
18. The sandy or rocky land at the edge of an ocean.
21. A body of flowing water.
22. A deep, narrow valley with steep rocky sides.