Geography Terms

6. A long, narrow bank of sand in a body of water.
7. Growing plants.
9. An inland body of water usually of considerable size.
11. An area of open wasteland, often swampy.
14. A structure projecting into the water and used as a docking or loading place for ships.
15. A west-east measurement of position on the earth.
16. Any inlet of the ocean or part of it bordering on land and partly surrounded by land.
19. A deep, narrow valley having high, steep slopes.
21. The line where the earth's surface and the sky seem to meet.
23. A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind.
24. Alternate rise and fall of the water level of the ocean caused by the gravitational pull of the moon on the earth.
25. A bank or wall built across a stream to hold back or redirect water.
26. Loose material that forms the upper surface of the earth.

1. Part of a stream where the water flows very swiftly over rocks.
2. A series of rocks in a body of water, the tops of which are slightly beneath, or at the surface.
3. The steep or sloping border of any stream.
4. A deep, hollowed-out area under the earth's surface.
5. The pointed top of a hill or mountain.
6. Russian term for mid-latitude grasslands.
8. The surface features of a region (hills, rivers, roads, etc)
10. A sheltered body of water where ships anchor and are protected from storms.
12. A nation or area of land that is politically controlled by one government.
13. An area of cleared land, often bound by fences.
17. Land bordering the sea, a lake, or a large river.
18. An area of land covered with trees.
20. A deposit, usually triangular in shape, of sand and soil that forms at the mouth of a river.
22. A narrow piece of land that joins two large bodies of land or joins a peninsula to a mainland.