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Physical Features Vocabulary

Physical Features Vocabulary. Map & Globe Skills 4 & 6. Physical Features Vocabulary. Archipelago. Basin. A long low lying area that is usually surrounded by hills or mountains; usually around a river Example: Congo River Basin. A chain of islands or set of islands grouped together.

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Physical Features Vocabulary

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  1. Physical Features Vocabulary Map & Globe Skills 4 & 6

  2. Physical Features Vocabulary Archipelago Basin A long low lying area that is usually surrounded by hills or mountains; usually around a river Example: Congo River Basin • A chain of islands or set of islands grouped together. • Example: Philippines

  3. Physical Features Vocabulary Bay Canal An man-made waterway with a purpose Example: Suez Canal • An area of an ocean, sea, or lake that extends into the land that is smaller than a gulf. • Example: San Francisco Bay

  4. Physical Features Vocabulary Canyon Channel A wide strait between a continent and an island Example: English Channel • A deep and narrow valley often with a river on its floor. • Example: Grand Canyon

  5. Physical Features Vocabulary Coast Coral Reef Underwater limestone and coral deposits Example: Great Barrier Reef • Area of land that meets a large body of water • Example: Gold Coast

  6. Physical Features Vocabulary Delta Desert A dry area that receives so little rain that few plants or animals can survive there Example: Sahara Desert • The often triangular-shaped alluvial deposition area at the mouth of a river. • Example: Yellow River Delta

  7. Physical Features Vocabulary Gulf Island A body of land surrounded on all sides by water. Example: Australia • A large part of the ocean that extends into the land and is larger than a bay. • Example: Gulf of Guinea

  8. Physical Features Vocabulary Isthmus Lake A body of freshwater that is completely surrounded by land Example: Lake Victoria • Narrow strip of land with water on both sides • Example: Isthmus of Panama

  9. Physical Features Vocabulary Mountain Ocean A large area of saltwater Example: Atlantic Ocean • Land that rises many feet into the air and is higher than a hill or surrounding area. • Example: Mt. Kilimanjaro

  10. Physical Features Vocabulary Peninsula Plain Large area of flat or gently rolling land. Example: Great European Plain • A piece of land that extends out into the water and is almost completely surrounded by water. • Example: Arabian Peninsula

  11. Physical Features Vocabulary Plateau Range A chain of mountains forming a single system Example: Himalayan Range • Large area of level land that is higher than the land surrounding it. • Example: Deccan Plateau

  12. Physical Features Vocabulary River Sea Part of an ocean that has been identified as a individual body of water; or a saltwater lake Example: Mediterranean Sea, Dead Sea • A large amount of flowing fresh water to a lake or ocean. • Example: Amazon River

  13. Physical Features Vocabulary Strait Valley An area of land that is lower than the surrounding land. Example: Great Rift Valley • A narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water. • Example: Strait of Gibraltar

  14. Physical Features Vocabulary Volcano • Mountains with gas & magma trapped inside that often erupts • Example: Eyjafjallajokull in Iceland

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