Types of Bodies of Water

What is this landform?

• plain

• peninsula

• mountain

• valley

• archipelago

What is this landform?

• valley
• mesa

• mountain
• hill

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a man-made waterway made to allow boats to pass through or for irrigation purposes

• river
• lake
• pond
• canal

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

a coastal body of water connected to a larger water body

• lagoon
• estuary
• bay
• fjord

typically a coastal branch of the ocean, sometimes landlocked; composed of saltwater

• lake
• ocean
• sea

• river

a narrow stretch of water between two landmasses; connects two larger bodies of water

• strait
• lake
• river
• canal

an inlet of the sea or ocean bordered on several sides by land

• cove
• gulf
• estuary

a landlocked basin filled with water; can be freshwater or saltwater

• ocean
• lake
• pond
• river

a natural or manmade lake used to store water

• reservoir
• ocean
• swamp
• pond

a natural, flowing waterway; composed of freshwater

• lake
• pond
• river
• ocean