Topographical Terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Island | land area completely surrounded by water |
| Peninsula | Large land area surrounded by water on 3 sides |
| Isthmus | Narrow stretch of land connecting 2 larger land areas |
| Mountain | land form that rises at least 1000 feet above the land surrounding it |
| Valley | Area of low land between mountains or hills |
| Plateau | Area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation |
| Plain | Area of level land, usually at a low elevation |
| Cape | A point of land surrounded by a body of water |
| Canyon | A deep and narrow valley with steep walls |
| Mesa | Area of raised land with steep sides |
| Lake | Body of water totally surrounded by land |
| Bay | A part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline |
| Gulf | A part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, larger than a bay |
| Strait | A narrow stretch of water joining 2 larger river or stream; a branch of a river |
| Ocean | Largest body of water on earth |
| Sea | A large body of water either partly or completely surrounded by land |
| River | Water that winds through a land mass and empties into a larger body of water |
| Tributaries | small river or stream that flows into a larger river or stream; a branch of a river |
| Delta | Land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth |
| Channel | A deep, narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water, deep part of a river or other waterway |
| Harbor | A sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can safely anchor |
| Downstrean | The direction in which a river flows from its source to its mouth |
| Upstream | The direction opposite the flow of a river from the end or mouth of a river to its source |
| source of a river | the place where a river begins, often in high land |
| mouth of a river | the place where a river flows into a larger body of water |
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