Geographic Features/Mapping

Which feature is a natural stream of fresh water that flows through land?

• Lake

• River

• Tributary

• Ocean

A narrow strip of land with sea/ocean on both sides, linking between two larger areas of land.

• isthmus
• strait
• bayou
• gulf

A large area of flatland covered with grass.

• Plain

• Basin

• Desert

• Valley

A ______ is a slowly moving mass of ice.

• Glacier

• Tundra

• Iceberg

• Ocean

A _____ is area of rugged [rocky/rough] land over 2,000 feet high

• hill

• mountain

• plateau

• mesa

A _____ is a large flat area at a higher level than the ground, about the size of a mountain.

• mesa
• mountain
• plateau
• archipelago

A _____ is a body of land completely surrounded by water.

• island
• sea
• ocean
• channel

A __ is an area of land that sticks out into a lake or ocean

• isthmus

• strait

• peninsula

• cape

A ____ is a deep valley with steep rock sides and often a stream running through it.

• coast 
• cape
• canyon
• archipelago

A____ is an area where the ocean/sea meets land.

• beach
• sea
• ocean
• coast