Geography Terms (Land/Water Forms)

What is this?

Narrow water or channel that connects two larger bodies of water.Like a channel but not as deep

A strip of land that connects two larger pieces of land and is bordered on both sides by water

The hook-shaped or pointed land that sticks out into a body of water.Ex:____ Cod, Massachusetts

What is this?

What is a natural ridge of land usually connected mountain ranges that separate two regions?

The Sierras, Cascades and the Rockies are examples of these?

A waterway dug across land for ships to pass. There is a world famous one in Panana.

Like an ocean but smaller.

Small rivers or streams that flow into a larger river or stream.

What is this? Hawaii is an example of one.

A body of land surrounded by three sides of water. Example: Florida

What is this?

A part of a sea, lake, or ocean that extends into the land and protected from waves and wind.

Part of an ocean or sea that extends into land. (Larger than a bay) For ex: The ____ of Mexico.

A large area of flat land.

A large body of salt water. 5 or 6 of them?

What is this?

A place where a river splits and goes left or right into two different directions.(like a road)

What is this?

The part of a river or stream where it flows into a larger body of water.

A place where a river or stream begins. (Where the water comes from)

Land at the mouth of a river shaped like a triangle made of silt, which the river has deposited

A narrow, DEEP waterway connecting two bodies of water. The English ______?