6th Grade Geography Terms

2. a body of water partially enclosed by land but connected to a larger body of water
8. a vast body of saltwater covering much of the Earth's surface
10. one of the seven large landmasses on Earth
11. lines that measure distances north or south of the Equator
12. a cold, treeless biome with frozen ground
14. a deep valley with steep sides, often carved by a river
15. a dry area with little to no precipitation
18. a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses
19. a landform at the mouth of a river created by silt deposits
20. land surrounded by water on three sides
21. a flat-topped elevated landform

1. a slow moving mass of ice
3. a narrow passageway of water connecting two larger bodies of water
4. A a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as in Norway and Iceland
5. lines that measure distances east or west of the Prime Meridian
6. a low area between mountains or hills
7. a large flowing body of water that usually empties into a sea or ocean
9. a tool used to determine direction
13. a group or chain of islands
16. an imaginary line that divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres
17. half of the Earth, either north, south, east, or west