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Landforms and water bodies
This document defines various geographic and hydrologic terms. It describes different types of bodies of water like oceans, seas, gulfs, straits, rivers, streams, lakes, and reservoirs. It also defines landforms such as continents, islands, peninsulas, mountains, hills, valleys, plains, and deserts. Additionally, it explains geographic coordinate systems and important lines like the equator, prime meridian, latitude and longitude.
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Landforms and water bodies
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- 2. One offour large water bodies.
- 3. A continuousbody of salt water, usually a region within an ocean.
- 4. A large/smallbody of water surrounded by land.
- 5. A smallbody of water flowing on the earth’s surface.
- 6. A largearea of sea or ocean partially enclosed by land.
- 7. A bodyof water partly enclosed by land but having a wide outlet to the sea, often smaller than a gulf.
- 8. A narrowpassage of water between two larger bodies of water.
- 9. A longnarrow inlet of sea between steep cliffs.
- 10. A largenatural stream of water.
- 11. A riveror stream which flows into a larger river.
- 12. The placewhere the river enters a larger body of water.
- 13. A largemass of slow moving ice, formed from compacted snow.
- 14. A man-madewall built to separate and protect a harbor from the sea.
- 15. A bodyof water stored for public use.
- 16. A barrierbuilt across water to control the flow of water.
- 17. To supplyland with water through pipes, ditches or streams.
- 18. A man-madewater way or channel.
- 19. A deeppart of a river or harbor.
- 20. A narrowpassage of water leading inland.
- 21. A shallowbody of water separated from the sea by sandbars or coral reefs.
- 22. An angulardeposit of soil at the mouth of a river.
- 23. A longbody of water, wider than a strait or channel which usually connects two bodies of water.
- 24. A townwith a harbor.
- 25. A shelteredbody of water deep enough to serve as a port for ships.
- 26. A largepipe/conduit bringing water from a distance or a bridge-like structure.
- 27. One ofseven large land masses.
- 28. A narrowstrip of land connecting two larger masses of land.
- 29. A longprojection of land into water and surrounded by water on three sides.
- 30. A landmass smaller than a continent surrounded by water.
- 31. A pointor head of land projecting into the sea or other body of water.
- 32.
- 33. The levelof the oceans’ surface.
- 34. A naturalelevation of the earth’s surface greater in height than a hill.
- 35. An extensivelevel of treeless land.
- 36. Elevated pieceof land generally longer than a mile.
- 37. An openinginto the earth’s surface with steep cliff walls.
- 38. A well-definednatural elevation smaller than a mountain.
- 39. A lowhill area near the base of mountains.
- 40. A longnarrow lowland between ranges of mountains or hills.
- 41. A seriesof mountain ridges.
- 42. A mountainousregion of a country.
- 43. An extensivestretch of higher ground from each side of which the river systems of a continent flow.
- 44. An openingin the crust of the earth through which molten lava, dust, rock, ash and gas are ejected.
- 46. A hillwith a flat or round top which rises sharply from the surrounding area.
- 47. A flat-toppedhill with cliff-like sides generally shorter than a mile.
- 48. An extensivearea of rolling grassland.
- 49. A narrowpassage between mountains.
- 50. A high,steep face of rock.
- 51. Altitude beyondwhich trees do not grow.
- 52. The densegrowth of trees covering a large area.
- 53. An openexcavation from which stone is taken.
- 54. A naturaldepression on the earth’s surface showing that there is an open area underground which is sinking.
- 55. Material thatsinks to the bottom of a liquid.
- 56. A plainalong a river; formed by sediment from floods.
- 57. Sloping wherea stream slows down, into a level plain.
- 58. Imaginary linesthat run through both poles (N/S). The central line of longitude is called the Prime Meridian and it runs through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England. Lines tell us how far east and west we are from the PM.
- 59. Imaginary lineswhich tell us how far north or south one is from the Equator; the imaginary line exactly ½ way between N and S poles.
- 60. Central lineof longitude that runs through N and S poles; Greenwich, England.
- 61. Central lineof Latitude.
- 62. 23 ½degrees North of the Equator.
- 63. 23 ½degrees South of the Equator.
- 64. The divisionof the globe in halves (N/S are above/below Equator; E/W of Prime Meridian.