Lesson 3 - Bodies of Water

Lesson 3 - Bodies of Water

Inlets and Lakes

• Inlet - any area of water extending into the land from a larger body of water

• Gulfs - largest of inlet

• Bay

• Sound a long inlet that separates offshore islands from the mainland

Our Largest Lakes

• Great Lakes

• Fresh Water

• Great Salt Lake - sea - an inland body of salt water

Rivers

• Tributary

• River System

• Drainage Basin

Rivers in the East

• Rivers and Population

• Easier travel and transport goods

• Fall Line - land drops sharply causing rivers to form waterfalls or rapids

Multiple Select

People settled along fall lines because... (Check all that apply)

• They liked the view along the river.

• They used the moving water to power factories.

• They use it to make electricity.

• They likes to swim.

Rivers and the Continental Divide

• East of the Continental Divide - empty into the Atlantic

• West of the Continental Divide empty into the Pacific