The document defines and provides examples of various landforms and bodies of water, including plains, plateaus, isthmuses, peninsulas, canyons, coves, harbors, gulfs, tributaries, and deltas. It notes that plains are low-lying and level or gently sloping areas that may or may not have trees. Plateaus are elevated plains with steep sides. Isthmuses are narrow strips of land bordered by water that connect two larger land areas. Peninsulas are areas of land almost completely surrounded by water on three sides.

1. Geography Words What do you know about the land and water of the earth?

2. plain

3. A plain is any lowland area that is level or gently sloping or rolling. It normally has few, if any, prominent hills or valleys, but may have considerable slope. A plain may be forested or bare of trees. Many plains around the world are covered in grasses.

4. plateau

5. plateau is another landform that is relatively level, and some sources claim that a plateau is an elevated plain. A plateau has at least one steep, clifflike side

6. isthmus

7. a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land.

9. peninsula

10. an area of land almost completely surrounded by water (3 sides)

13. An island is completely surrounded by water. A peninsula is almost surrounded by water.

14. canyon

15. a deep valley with steep sides, often with a stream flowing through it.

19. cove

20. a small indentation or recess in the shoreline of a sea, lake, or river.

21. harbor

22. a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship provides protection from winds, waves, and currents.

23. gulf

24. a portion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land.

25. A gulf has 2 main characteristics 1. Part of a sea or ocean 2. Reaches into land Examples: The Gulf of Mexico The Persian Gulf

26. tributary

27. a stream that flows to a larger stream or other body of water

28. delta

29. a nearly flat plain of gradual deposit between diverging branches of the mouth of a river, often, though not necessarily, triangular: the Nile delta.