Land Features Vocabulary

Group of many islands

• Archipelago

• Basin

• Bay

• Branch or Tributary

an area of land largely enclosed by higher land

• Archipelago

• Valley or Basin

• Bay

• Branch or Tributary

part of a body of salt water that reaches into the land; usually smaller than a gulf

• Archipelago

• Basin

• Bay

• Branch or Tributary

a river or stream that flows into a larger river or stream

• Archipelago

• Basin

• Bay

• Branch or Tributary

a man-made waterway conecting two bodies of water and is designed to shorten travel time or irrigate

• Archipelago

• Canal

• Coast

• Branch or Tributary

land along the sea or ocean

• Archipelago

• Canal

• Coast

• Dam

a wall built across a stream or river to hold back water

• Delta

• Canal

• Coast

• Dam

land built up by deposits of sand and silt at the mouth or some rivers

• Delta

• Canal

• Coast

• Dam

Dry, barren region usually sandy and without trees, little rainfall or practical use of land unless irrigated.

• desert

• gult

• Isthmus

• Island

Part of a sea or ocean that reaches into land; usually larger than a bay

• Canal

• Delta

• Gulf

• Isthmus