Geography Terms

Question 1

A relatively narrow waterway joining two larger bodies of water.

Answer 1

Strait

Question 2

An elongated lowland between mountain ranges or hills; often has a river or stream running along the bottom.

Answer 2

Valley

Question 3

A tall, isolated rocky hill or mountain with a flat top and steep sides.

Answer 3

Butte

Question 4

Flattop, elevated landform.

Answer 4

Mesa

Question 5

A lowland region saturated by water.

Answer 5

Swamp

Question 6

An underground hollow with an opening at the surface.

Answer 6

Cave

Question 7

A long, narrow coastal valley between tall, rocky cliffs, gouged out by a glacier and flooded by the sea.

Answer 7

Fjord

Question 8

A narrow projection of a larger territory, as in Florida, Texas, and Oklahoma.

Answer 8

Panhandle

Question 9

A wide area of level or rolling wet, tall grassland.

Answer 9

Prairie

Question 10

An open grassland with widely spaced trees in a hot, seasonally dry climate.

Answer 10

Savanna

Question 11

A dense tropical evergreen forest with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

Answer 11

Rainforest

Question 12

A body of saltwater surrounded almost entirely by land.

Answer 12

Sea

Question 13

A sandy, pebbly, or rocky shore of a body of water.

Answer 13

Beach

Question 14

A landform surrounded by water on three sides.

Answer 14

Peninsula

Question 15

A steep, high face of rock.

Answer 15

Cliff

Question 16

A triangular plain formed by the gravel, silt, sand, and clay deposited at a river’s mouth where it slows to meet another body of water.

Answer 16

Delta

Question 17

A natural land elevation smaller than a mountain.

Answer 17

Hill

Question 18

A rugged mass of rock that rises above the surrounding landscape with steep slopes and a peak or summit.

Answer 18

Mountain

Question 19

A dry, barren region that receives little or no precipitation.

Answer 19

Desert

Question 20

A bowl-shaped depression in the earth or the funnel-shaped opening of a volcano.

Answer 20

Crater

Question 21

A pointed piece of land jutting into the sea from the coastline of a continent or large island.

Answer 21

Cape

Question 22

A very large, flat area of land that usually is higher than the land around it, with at least one steep slope.

Answer 22

Plateau

Question 23

An artificial waterway used for irrigation or travel.

Answer 23

Canal

Question 24

A large area of relatively flat or gently rolling land.

Answer 24

Plain

Question 25

Vast treeless plans with permafrost and small, low plants.

Answer 25

Tundra

Question 26

Land covered by dense tropical vegetation.

Answer 26

Jungle

Question 27

A large area thickly covered with trees.

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Forest

Question 28

A piece of land, smaller than a continent, completely surrounded by water.

Answer 28

Island

Question 29

A deep valley with high, steep walls.

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Canyon

Question 30

The deepest part of a river harbor.

Answer 30

Channel

Question 31

A long, relatively wide body of water, larger than a channel or strait, that often connects with bodies of water.

Answer 31

Sound

Question 32

A mound or ridge of coral polyps and their hard limestone remains, combined with sand and minerals.

Answer 32

Coral reef

Question 33

A shallow pool f water at the center of an atoll.

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Lagoon

Question 34

The earth's largest continuous stretches of saltwater.

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Ocean

Question 35

A natural hot spring that intermittently ejects steam and hot water into the air.

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Geyser

Question 36

A natural stream of water descending from a steep height.

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Waterfall

Question 37

A wetlands area always or sometimes covered with shallow water whose main types of plants are soft-stemmed reeds, rushes, sedges, and grasses.

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Marsh

Question 38

A stream of water of considerable volume.

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River

Question 39

A large, principal land mass.

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Continent

Question 40

A large inland body of fresh or saltwater.

Answer 40

Lake

Question 41

A ring-shaped island formed by coral buildup on the rim of an underwater volcano.

Answer 41

Atoll

Question 42

A body of water partially enclosed by land with a wide outlet to the ocean.

Answer 42

Bay

Question 43

An arc-shaped chain of islands.

Answer 43

Archipelago

Question 44

An opening in the earth's crust through which red-hot, melted rock, or magma rises to the surface from deep inside the earth and spills out as lava.

Answer 44

Volcano

Question 45

A ridge or hill of sand blown or drifted by the wind in deserts or on beaches.

Answer 45

Dune

Question 46

A narrow strip of land between two seas or oceans that connects two larger land areas.

Answer 46

Isthmus

Question 47

An area of a sea or ocean partially enclosed by land; larger than a bay.

Answer 47

Gulf

Question 48

A barren area with eroded ridges, peaks and mesas, and sparse vegetation.

Answer 48

Badlands

Question 49

A mass of floating ice that has broken away from a glacier.

Answer 49

Iceberg

Question 50

A large body of ice that moves across the earth's surface.

Answer 50

Glacier