Geographic Features

Body of land jutting into a lake or ocean

• peninsula

• basin

• volcano

Narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas

• island

• glacier

• volcano

• Isthmus

An area of flat land usually at a LOW elevation

• plain

• gulf

• sea

• basin

Flat, low lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river

• glacier

• delta

• sea

• island

Narrow stretch of water that joins two larger bodies of water

• strait

• volcano

• plain

Land mass that is completely surrounded by water

• glacier

• island

• gulf

Large, thick body of slow moving ice

• plain

• bay

• glacicer

Part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline usually smaller than a gulf

• bay

• glacier

• island

Part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline usually larger than a bay

• gulf

• bay

• glacier

• plateau

Which feature is a natural stream of fresh water that empty into a larger body of water?

• Lake
• River
• Tributary
• Ocean