Across
- 3. mountain or hill created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the earth
- 5. - wide strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other; deep part of a river or other waterway
- 11. - land, usually level, at a low elevation
- 13. large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land
- 14. broad, flat-topped landform with steep sides; smaller than a plateau
- 15. land with steep sides that rises sharply (1,000 feet or more) from surrounding land; generally larger and more rugged than a hill
- 18. - point of land that extends into a river, lake, or ocean
- 20. stream of either cold or warm water that moves in a definite direction through an ocean
- 21. - flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth
- 25. - deep and narrow valley with steep walls
- 27. pointed top of a mountain
- 28. place where a stream or river flows into a larger body of water
- 31. - area of land drained by a given river and its branches; area of land surrounded by lands of higher elevations
- 33. broad inland body of water, often between a coastline and one or more islands off the coast
- 35. - elevated land with sloping sides and rounded summit; generally smaller than a mountain
- 36. large natural stream of water that runs through the land
- 38. characteristic of a place occurring naturally, such as a landform, body of water, climate pattern, or resource
- 40. small river or stream that flows into a large river or stream; a branch of the river
- 41. area of low land between hills or mountains
Down
- 1. body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water
- 2. one of the four major bodies of salt water that surround the continents
- 4. - a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas
- 6. - A group of islands
- 7. place where a river or stream begins, often in highlands straight - narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water
- 8. - elevated land area such as a hill, mountain, or plateau
- 9. area of level land, usually at low elevation and often covered with grasses plateau - area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation, about 300 to 3,000 feet high reef - a chain of rocks, coral or sand at or near the surface of the water
- 10. - a steep cliff or slope between a higher and lower land surface glacier - large, thick body of slowly moving ice
- 12. - a sizable inland body of water
- 16. - land area, smaller than a continent, completely surrounded by water
- 17. - direction in which a river or stream flows from its source to its mouth
- 19. land lying next to a sea or ocean
- 22. - part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally smaller than a gulf
- 23. long, underwater deposit of sand parallel to a shoreline
- 24. - one of the seven large landmasses on the earth
- 26. small area in a desert where water and vegetation are found
- 29. a series of connected mountains
- 30. - a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely
- 32. - steep, high wall of rock, earth, or ice
- 34. - stretch of high land that separates river systems
- 37. - part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally larger and more deeply indented than a bay
- 39. direction opposite the flow of a river; toward the source of a river or stream