Geographical terms

What is a small, sheltered bay in the shoreline of any body of water called?

• cove

• cape

• canal

• isthmus

what is a long, deep narrow inlet of the sea bordered by steep cliffs called?

• cape

• peninsula

• fjord

• mesa

What is the narrow piece of land that connecting 2 land masses called?

• valley

• island

• peninsula

• isthmus

What is a body of water completely surrounded by land called?

• lake

• canal

• river

• ocean

What is a man made waterway used for navigation, irrigation and drainage called?

• lake

• canal

• river

• ocean

What is the highest part of a hill or mountain called?

• peak

• valley

• summit

• iceberg

What is a high, flat landform with steep sides called?

• hill

• mountain

• plateau

• mesa

What is an area of dense, thick-matted tropical growth called?

• desert

• rainforest

• swamp

• jungle

What is low land between hills or mountains called?

• valley

• swamp

• fjord

• pass

What is a piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides called?

• flord

• strait

• isthmus

• peninsula