Objective: To examine the major forms of land masses
and bodies of water.
Island – land area that is surrounded by water
Long Island
Archipelago – chain of islands
Hawaiian Islands
Gulf – arm of an ocean or sea that
is partly enclosed by land,
usually larger than a bay.
Gulf of Mexico
Peninsula – piece of land that
is surrounded by water on
three sides
Florida
Desert – area that has
little or no moisture or
vegetation
Sahara Desert, Africa
Mountain – high, steep, rugged
land that rises sharply above
the surrounding land.
Mount McKinley, Alaska
River – large stream of water that empties
into an ocean, lake, or another river
Hudson and Mohawk Rivers
Delta– area where a river breaks
off into tributaries emptying out
into a larger body of water
Nile River Delta
Isthmus – narrow strip of land
joining two large land areas or
joining a peninsula to a mainland.
Isthmus of Panama
Strait – narrow channel
that connects two larger
bodies of water
Strait of Gibraltar
Lake – body of fresh
water surrounded by land
Great Lakes
Sea – large body of salt
water that is smaller
than an ocean
Black Sea
Plateau
Valley
• An elevated,
comparatively level
expanse of land
• An elongated lowland
between ranges of
mountains, hills, or other
uplands, often having a
river or stream running
along the bottom
Continent – any of seven large land masses on the Earth’s
surface
Europe
Africa
North America
Asia
Sub-continent –
an area of land that
is part of a continent
but is separated by
something
(landform, language,
etc.
India
Central (Latin)
America
South America
Australia
Antarctica
Ocean – any of the large bodies of salt water on the Earth’s surface.
ArcticCOcean
Pacific
A
Ocean
Atlantic
B
Ocean
Indian
D
Ocean
What is missing here?!?!?