Physical Features

3. - a flat, treeless plain with permanently frozen ground
6. - narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water
7. of a River - place where a river or stream begins, often in highlands
8. - large natural stream of water that runs through the land
9. - area of flat or slightly rolling land at high elevation, usually with steep sides (mesa is generally smaller than a plateau)
12. - a group of islands
15. - land with steep sides that rise sharply from surrounding land
16. - flat low-lying land build up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth
17. - area of land drained by a given river and its branches
18. - a large body of ice that moves slowly across the land
19. - point of land that extends into a river, lake or ocean.

1. - deep and narrow valley with steep walls
2. - narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas
4. - a landscape that receives very little precipitation
5. - small river or stream that flows into a large river or stream; a branch of a river
9. - body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water
10. - large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land
11. of a River - place where a stream or river flows into a larger body of water
13. - area of level land, usually at low elevation and often covered with grasses
14. - part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline (generally a bay is smaller than a gulf)