World Geography Landforms and Water Systems Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth
  2. 5. stretch of high land that separates river systems
  3. 6. narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas
  4. 9. wide strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other; deep part of a river or other waterway
  5. 16. mountain or hill created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the Earth
  6. 17. a sizable inland body of water
  7. 18. one of the seven large landmasses on the Earth
  8. 19. area of low land usually between hills and moutains
Down
  1. 1. area of level land, usually at low elevation and often covered with grasses
  2. 2. area of land drained by a given river and its branches;area of land surrounded by lands of higher elevations
  3. 4. body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water
  4. 7. large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land
  5. 8. a series of connected mountains
  6. 10. a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely
  7. 11. large natural stream of water that runs through the land
  8. 12. part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally larger and more deeply indented than a bay
  9. 13. one of the four major bodies of salt water that surrounds the continents
  10. 14. land area, smaller than a continent, completely surrounded by water
  11. 15. part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally smaller than a gulf
  12. 18. deep and narrow valley with steep walls