Words of the week #15 and #16

an underground water area

• artesian basin

• bight

• tableland

• strait

a bay formed by a curve of coastline

• bight

• coral reef

• strait

• elevation

a ridge made of coral and other materials that have solidified into rock

• coral reef

• artesian basin

• tableland

• bight

height of the land above sea level

• elevation

• physical map

• legend

• cartography

mapmaker

• cartographer

• archaeologist

• historian

• anthropologist

the highest point, or summit of a mountain

• mountain peak

• mountain range

• tableland

• plateau

a group or chain of mountains

• mountain range

• mountain peak

• tableland

• plateau

a map that shows natural landforms and waterways

• physical map

• political map

• elevation map

• population map

a narrow channel connecting two bodies of water

• strait

• passage

• isthmus

• channel

a high, broad, level plateau

• tableland

• plateau

• plains

• bight