Land and water: the fascinating natural forms all around us.Can you tell the difference between a bay and a gulf? A mesa and a mountain? Or an isthmus isthmus (ĭs`məs), narrow neck of land connecting two larger land areas. Since it commands the only land route between two large areas and is on two seas, an isthmus has great strategical and commercial importance and is a favorable situation and a peninsula? All of these are common land and water forms that you will find on maps. The illustration at right shows an imaginary place Noun 1. imaginary place - a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings fictitious place, mythical place that includes many of the world's landforms and waterways The list of waterways is a link page for any river, canal, estuary or firth. International waterways
Compare the land and waterways in the illustration with the descriptions below. Then answer the questions. Terms to Know Archipelago Archipelago (ärkĭpĕl`əgō) [Ital., from Gr.=chief sea], ancient name of the Aegean Sea, later applied to the numerous islands it contains. The word now designates any cluster of islands. : A body of water with a group of islands scattered in it. Bay: A large indentation in·den·ta·tion n. A notch, a pit, or a depression. into the land, formed by an ocean, a sea, or a lake; smaller than a gulf. Canyon: A deep, narrow valley with steep, rocky walls; often with a river running along the bottom. Cape: A point of land, often a hook or curve, that juts out far into the water. Coastline: Land that lies along an ocean or other body of water. Dam: A barrier built to control the flow of water. Delta: A fan-shaped accumulation of rich soil and sand deposited at the mouth of a river, broken up by streams. Desert: Arid, barren land. Gulf: Part of an ocean or a sea that extends into the land; larger than a bay. Hill: A raised area of land that is lower than a mountain and usually has a rounded top rounded top See dome. . Inlet: An arm of a larger body of water (often located between rocky headlands). Island: A body of land, smaller than a continent, that is entirely surrounded by water. Isthmus: A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas. Lake: A body of water surrounded entirely by land. It usually has fresh, not salt, water. Mesa: A large, flat-topped hill; common in the Western U.S. Mountain: Raised land, higher than a hill, often having steep, rocky sides. Mountain range: A chain of mountains. Ocean: A large body of water separating continents. Peninsula: A large area of land that juts into a body of water. Plain: A broad area of mostly flat land at a low elevation. Plateau: A broad area of mostly flat land at a high elevation. Reservoir: An artificial lake created to collect water. River: A large stream of water that runs into a lake, a gulf, a sea, or an ocean. Sea: A huge body of salt water partly bordered by land. (Bodies of salt water completely bordered by land are really lakes.) Sound: A long area of ocean lying between two coastlines. Strait strait (strat) a narrow passage. straits of pelvis the pelvic inlet(superior pelvic s.) and pelvic outlet(inferior pelvic s.) . strait n. : A short, narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water. Swamp: A wetland where trees and shrubs grow; often partly or completely covered with water. Tributary: A stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river. Valley: An area of low-lying land between mountains or hills. Volcano: An opening in a mountain or hill that may erupt with lava, gases, and ash. QUESTIONS 1. What would you call a large group of islands scattered across a sea or an ocean? -- 2. A large area of mostly flat, low-lying land is called a --. 3. A large area of mostly flat land at a higher elevation is what type of landform land·form n. One of the features that make up the earth's surface, such as a plain, mountain, or valley. landform A recognizable, naturally formed feature on the Earth's surface. ? -- 4. An example of a hooked or curved body of land that extends into the ocean: -- Cod. 5. What is an area of ocean lying between two coastlines, such as Long Island and Connecticut? -- 6. A large indentation into the land, larger than a bay, is called a --. 7. The Dead Sea, on the border of Israel and Jordan, is surrounded by land. Therefore, it is not a sea, but a --. 8. The Missouri River Missouri River River, central U.S. The longest tributary of the Mississippi River, it rises in the Rocky Mountains of southwestern Montana. It flows east to central North Dakota and south across South Dakota, forming sections of the South Dakota–Nebraska boundary, the flows into the Mississippi River Mississippi River River, central U.S. It rises at Lake Itasca in Minnesota and flows south, meeting its major tributaries, the Missouri and the Ohio rivers, about halfway along its journey to the Gulf of Mexico. . The Missouri is a -- of the Mississippi. 9. Panama is a strip of land connecting North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Panama is what type of landform? -- 10. Florida and Michigan are areas of land that extend into the water. That landform is called a -- ANSWERS 1. archipelago 2. plain 3. plateau 4. Cape 5. sound 6. gulf 7. lake 8. tributary 9. isthmus 10. peninsula |
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