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Geography Terms

Geography Terms. Grade 6 Social Studies Online. Archipelago. A group of islands. Archipelago. A group of islands. Basin. Area of land drained by a given river and its branches; area of land surrounded by lands of higher elevations. Bay.

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Geography Terms

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  1. Geography Terms Grade 6 Social Studies Online

  2. Archipelago A group of islands

  3. Archipelago A group of islands

  4. Basin Area of land drained by a given river and its branches; area of land surrounded by lands of higher elevations

  5. Bay • A bay is a body of water that is partly enclosed by land (and is usually smaller than a gulf).

  6. Bay • A bay is a body of water that is partly enclosed by land (and is usually smaller than a gulf).

  7. Canyon • A canyon is a deep valley with very steep sides - often carved from the Earth by a river.

  8. Cape • A cape is a pointed piece of land that sticks out into a sea, ocean, lake, or river.

  9. Channel Wide strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other; deep part of a river or other waterway.

  10. Cliff • A cliff is a steep face of rock and soil.

  11. Delta • A delta is a flat low laying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth. • A delta is often (but not always) shaped like a triangle (hence its name, delta, a Greek letter that is shaped like a triangle).

  12. Delta

  13. Downstream • Direction in which a river or stream flows from its source to its mouth.

  14. Glacier • A glacier is a slowly moving river of ice.

  15. Gulf • Part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally larger and more deeply indented than a bay.

  16. Gulf • Part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally larger and more deeply indented than a bay.

  17. Harbor A naturally or artificially protected place along the shoreline where ships can anchor safely.

  18. Harbor

  19. Elevated land area such as a hill, mountain, or plateau. Highland

  20. Hill Elevated land with sloping sides and rounded summit; generally smaller than a mountain

  21. Island • An island is a piece of land that is surrounded by water.

  22. Isthmus • Narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas

  23. Isthmus • Narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas

  24. Lake • A sizable inland body of water

  25. Lake • A sizable inland body of water

  26. Lowland • Land, usually level, at a low elevation

  27. Mesa • A mesa is a land formation with a flat area on top and steep walls - usually occurring in dry areas

  28. Mountain • A mountain is a very tall high, natural place on Earth - higher than a hill. The tallest mountain on Earth is Mt. Everest.

  29. Mountain Peak • Pointed top of a mountain

  30. Mountain Range • A series of connected mountains

  31. Mouth (of a river) • Place where a stream or river flows into a larger body of water

  32. Ocean • One of the four major bodies of salt water that surround the continents

  33. Peninsula • Body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water

  34. Plain • Plains are flat lands that have only small changes in elevation.

  35. Plateau • A plateau is a large, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land

  36. River • Large natural stream of water that runs through the land

  37. Sea • Large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land

  38. Seacoast • Land lying next to a sea or an ocean

  39. Source (of a river) • Place where a river or stream begins, often in highlands

  40. Source (of a river) • Place where a river or stream begins, often in highlands

  41. Strait • Narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water

  42. Tributary • Small river or stream that flows into a large river or stream; a branch of the river

  43. Upstream • Direction opposite the flow of a river; toward the source of a river or stream

  44. Valley • A valley is a low place between mountains.

  45. Volcano • Mountain created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the earth

  46. Prairie • A prairie is a wide, relatively flat area of land that has grasses and only a few trees.

  47. Desert • A desert is a very dry area.

  48. Sea Level • Sea Level is the average height, or elevation, of the sea surface.

  49. Marsh • A marsh is a type of freshwater, brackish water or saltwater wetland that is found along rivers, pond, lakes and coasts. Marsh plants grow up out of the water.

  50. Swamp • A swamp is a type of freshwater wetland that has spongy, muddy land and a lot of water. Many trees and shrubs grow in swamps.

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