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Visual guide to geographic terms

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Visual guide to geographic terms

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Archipelago
A large group or a large chain of islands.

Photo by Mercury dog

Atoll
a ring-shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced small coral islands, enclosing or nearly enclosing a shallow lagoon.

Photo by Edgar Barany

Bay
a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.

Photo by *Muhammad*

Canyon
a deep valley with steep sides, often with a stream flowing through it.

Photo by ecstaticist

Cape
a piece of land jutting into the sea or some other large body of water.

Photo by TeryKats

Continental Dived
the line of summits of the Rocky Mountains, separating streams flowing toward the Gulf of California and the Pacific from those flowing toward the Gulf of Mexico, Hudson Bay, and the Arctic Ocean.

Photo by james_gordon_losangeles

Delta
a nearly flat plain of alluvial deposit between diverging branches of the mouth of a river, often, though not necessarily, triangular.

Photo by dkilim

Estuary
that part of the mouth or lower course of a river in which the river's current meets the sea's tide.

Photo by DCSL

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Fjord
a long, narrow arm of the sea bordered by steep cliffs: usually formed by glacial erosion.

Photo by Florian Seiffert (F*)

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Glacier
an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.

Photo by yannboix

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Gulf
a portion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land.

Photo by Jim Nix / Nomadic Pursuits

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Head Waters
the tributary streams of a river in the area in which it rises; head streams

Photo by Daniel Peckham

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Island
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.

Photo by gnuckx

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Isthmus
a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land.

Photo by ATIS547

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Lagoon
an area of shallow water separated from the sea by low sandy dunes.

Photo by alémdoquesevê_

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Mesa
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.

Photo by Jim Nix / Nomadic Pursuits

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Ocean Currents
Large body's of ocean water moving in a direction

Photo by NASA Goddard Photo and Video

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Peninsula
an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.

Photo by thelivingna

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Plateau
a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.

Photo by Allie_Caulfield

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Reef
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.

Photo by betta design

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Strait
a strait lies between two land masses and connects two larger bodies of water, an isthmus lies between two bodies of water and connects two larger land masses.

Photo by ecstaticist

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Visual guide to geographic terms

ArchipelagoA large group or a large chain of islands.

Atolla ring-shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced small coral islands, enclosing or nearly enclosing a shallow lagoon.

Baya body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.

Canyona deep valley with steep sides, often with a stream flowing through it.

Capea piece of land jutting into the sea or some other large body of water.

Continental Divedthe line of summits of the Rocky Mountains, separating streams flowing toward the Gulf of California and the Pacific from those flowing toward the Gulf of Mexico, Hudson Bay, and the Arctic Ocean.

Deltaa nearly flat plain of alluvial deposit between diverging branches of the mouth of a river, often, though not necessarily, triangular.

Estuarythat part of the mouth or lower course of a river in which the river's current meets the sea's tide.

Fjorda long, narrow arm of the sea bordered by steep cliffs: usually formed by glacial erosion.

Glacieran extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.

Gulfa portion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land.

Head Watersthe tributary streams of a river in the area in which it rises; head streams

Islanda tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.

Isthmusa narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land.

Lagoonan area of shallow water separated from the sea by low sandy dunes.

Mesaa land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.

Ocean CurrentsLarge body's of ocean water moving in a direction

Peninsulaan area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.

Plateaua land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.

Reefa ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.

Straita strait lies between two land masses and connects two larger bodies of water, an isthmus lies between two bodies of water and connects two larger land masses.

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Archipelago
A large group or a large chain of islands.

Atoll
a ring-shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced small coral islands, enclosing or nearly enclosing a shallow lagoon.

Bay
a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.

Canyon
a deep valley with steep sides, often with a stream flowing through it.

Cape
a piece of land jutting into the sea or some other large body of water.

Continental Dived
the line of summits of the Rocky Mountains, separating streams flowing toward the Gulf of California and the Pacific from those flowing toward the Gulf of Mexico, Hudson Bay, and the Arctic Ocean.

Delta
a nearly flat plain of alluvial deposit between diverging branches of the mouth of a river, often, though not necessarily, triangular.

Estuary
that part of the mouth or lower course of a river in which the river's current meets the sea's tide.

Fjord
a long, narrow arm of the sea bordered by steep cliffs: usually formed by glacial erosion.

Glacier
an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.

Gulf
a portion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land.

Head Waters
the tributary streams of a river in the area in which it rises; head streams

Island
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.

Isthmus
a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land.

Lagoon
an area of shallow water separated from the sea by low sandy dunes.

Mesa
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.

Ocean Currents
Large body's of ocean water moving in a direction

Peninsula
an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.

Plateau
a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.

Reef
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.

Strait
a strait lies between two land masses and connects two larger bodies of water, an isthmus lies between two bodies of water and connects two larger land masses.