Words of the Week #13 and #14

land drained by a river

• basin

• cape

• desert

• strait

a u-shaped region of ancient rock that curves around the Hudson Bay

• Canadian Shield

• Greater Antilles

• Lesser Antilles

• Canadian Mountains

a point of land that extends into a sea or an ocean

• cape

• isthmus

• tributary

• strait

a dry region with little or no rainfall

• desert

• isthmus

• basin

• elevation

height of land above sea level

• elevation

• mountain range

• plains

• cape

an island group of the West Indies including Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Puerto Rico

• Greater Antilles

• Lesser Antilles

• Canadian Shield

• The Bahamas

a large area of ocean that is partly surrounded by land

• gulf

• strait

• ocean

• tributary

a narrow strip of land having water on each side and connecting two larger areas of land

• isthmus

• strait

• tributary

• basin

an island group of the West Indies including 8 countries and 8 dependencies

• Lesser Antilles

• Greater Antilles

• Canadian Shield

• plains

a group or chain of mountains

• mountain range

• basin

• Canadian Shield

• Greater Antilles