Bodies of Water Vocabulary

Open large body of water is an

• pond

• glacier

• ocean

• lake

A small and still freshwater area surrounded by land is called a

• ocean

• pond

• gulf

• canal

A trickle of water floating down hill is a

• stream

• lake

• ocean

• canal

Frozen fresh water floating in the ocean is a/an

• waterfall

• icicle

• swamp

• iceberg

A manmade waterway used for transportation is a/an

• oasis

• canal

• gorge

• dam

A larger body of fresh water flowing down hill is a/an

A body of water surrounded by a desert is a/an

• river

• lake

• oasis

• ocean

A frozen freshwater and rock mixture on mountains is a/an

• oasis

• iceberg

• glacier

• delta