U.S. Landscapes vocab

A natural feature of the earth's surface, such as a plain, mountain, or valley.

• climate

• landform

• gulf

• source

The pattern of weather over time in a particular place.

• watershed

• elevation

• source

• climate

The area of low land along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.

• peninsula

• tributary

• Coastal Plain

• watershed

The level or height of the ocean's surface.

• sea level

• sea otter

• seashell

• under level

A large inlet of the sea nearly surrounded by land.

• gulf

• tributary

• peninsula

• basin

An area of land that has water on three sides.

• source

• tributary

• Coastal Plain

• peninsula

The place a river or stream begins.

• the beginning

• source

• plateau

• pass

A stream or river that empties into another river.

• tributary

• ocean

• volcano

• peninsula

A high, flat area of land.

• elevation

• pass

• canyon

• plateau

The height of land in relation to sea level.

• sea level

• landform

• elevation

• Coastal Plain