World Geography Vocabulary 1 Practice

Part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline

• absolute location

• basin

• bay

• canyon

Deep and narrow valley with steep walls.

• absolute location

• basin

• bay

• canyon

Exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates.

• absolute location

• basin

• bay

• canyon

Area of land drained by a given river and its branches; area of land surrounded by lands of higher elevation.

• absolute location

• basin

• bay

• canyon

Wide strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other.

• cape

• channel

• cliff

• continent

One of the seven larger landmasses on earth.

• cape

• channel

• cliff

• continent

Point of land that extends into a river, lake, or ocean.

• cape

• channel

• cliff

• continent

Steep, high wall of rock, earth, or ice.

• cape

• channel

• cliff

• continent

Flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried down stream by a river and deposited at its mouth.

• delta

• channel

• divide

• continent

Stretch of high land that separates river systems.

• delta

• channel

• divide

• continent