Geographic Terms

What is a flat land that has few trees?

What is a piece of land that juts out into water and is usually smaller than a peninsula?

Where does a river begin?

What is the name given to a large area of sea or ocean that is larger than a bay?

Where does a river empty into a larger body of water?

What is a portion of land that is nearly surrounded by water and is connected to land?

What is a body of water that is similar to a gulf but usually smaller in size?

What is the name given to a large body of fresh water that is completely surrounded by land?

What is the name of a low area between mountain ranges or hills?

What is the name of a row of connected mountains?

What river runs from the Rocky Mountains into the Mississippi River?

What is the flat land along the southern coast of the United States?

Which physical feature acts as a border?

What is a body of land surrounded by water?

What is the name given to a river or stream that flows into a main river?

What ocean lies south of Asia?

What is a triangular-shaped area of land created by soil deposited at the mouth of a river?

What two hemispheres is the United States located?

What is the name given to a large body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean?

What mountains western part of the country include the tallest peak in the continental U.S.?