Geographic Terms: Water and Landforms

Physical features include which of the following? (There may be more than one correct answer)

• landmasses

• types of homes in an area

• bodies of water

• population

A body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean is called a

Part of a sea or an ocean that cuts into a mass of land is called a

• peninsula

• gulf

• delta

• river

Check all of the choices that describe a BAY...

• smaller than a gulf

• fresh water

• cuts into a mass of land

• part of a sea or ocean

A body of water surrounded by land is called a

• river

• sea

• lake

• tributary

The Sierra Nevada, Cascade, Rockies, and Appalachians are all examples of _________ found in the United States.

• islands

• tributaries

• Great Lakes

• mountain ranges

The term for the low area between ranges of mountains or hills.

• plains

• basin

• valley

• peninsula

Check all choices that describe a plain.

• few trees

• reach from Canada to Texas in North America

• mostly flat land

• natural grasslands

The picture above is the area where soil is deposited at the mouth of the Mississippi River. This area is called a...

• source

• tributary

• mouth

• delta

Many rivers feed into the Mississippi River as if flows 2,350 miles from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. The smaller rivers that contribute to the waters of this river are called...

• sources

• tributaries

• mouths

• deltas