Geographic Dictionary

A chain of rocks, coral or sand at or near the surface of the water

• seacoast

• reef

• delta

• mesa

Large natural stream of water that runs through the land.

• Seacoast

• Upstream

• Downstream

• River

Body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water

• Isthmus

• Cape

• Peninsula

• Delta

Direction opposite the flow of a river; toward the source of a river or stream.

• Downstream

• Lowland

• Highland

• Upstream

Land lying next to a sea or an ocean.

• Reef

• Lowland

• Seacoast

• Continent

Land area, smaller than a continent, completely surrounded by water.

• Island

• Delta

• Archipelago

• Reef

One of the four major bodies of salt water that surround continents.

• Sea

• Ocean

• Gulf

• Volcano

Small river or stream that flows into a large river or stream.

• Upstream

• Downstream

• Ocean Current

• Tributary

Broad inland body of water, often between a coastline and one or more islands off the coast.

• Sound

• Sea

• Cape

• Bay

Small area in a desert where water and vegetation are found.

• Mountain

• Oasis

• Plain

• Mesa