KWA GEOGRAPHY WATER VOCAB

Match the following

• small opening between bodies of water

• Lagoon

• pool of shallow water connected to a larger body of water by an inlet

• Lake

• slow stream or backwaters of a major river system

• Inlet

• area of low, wet, poorly drained land

• Marsh

• inland body of water

• Bayou

Match the following

• A broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inward

• Bay

• large water flow of natural origin

• Bog

• Wet, spongy ground made of decayed plants

• River

• sheltered body of water where boats anchor for protection from waves/wind

• Canal

• human-created channel of water used for navigation, irrigation, or drainage

• Harbor

Match the following

• Bog

• 
• Lake

• 
• Harbor

• 
• Canal

• 
• Bay

• 

Match the following

• Lagoon

• 
• Bay

• 
• Inlet

• 
• Marsh

• 
• River

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What do you see?

• Great Lakes

• South America

• Sea

• Central America