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| a portion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land |
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| a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water |
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| the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface |
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a part of a body of water along the shore
having docks or port facilities to provide protection from winds, waves and currents. |
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| a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf |
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| a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land. |
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| a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course |
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| the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface. |
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| a long, narrow arm of the sea bordered by steep cliffs: usually formed by glacial erosion. |
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| the beginning or place of origin of a stream or river |
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| a stream that flows to a larger stream or other body of water |
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| any natural feature of Earth’s surface that has a distinct shape |
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| a series of more or less connected mountains ranged in a line. (commonly over 2000 ft., or 610 m). |
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| an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, |
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| an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, esp. one following the course of a stream |
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| a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain. |
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| a deep valley with steep sides, often with a stream flowing through it |
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| a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons. |
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| a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans |
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| a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all |
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| a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well |
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| a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top |
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| a mountain or hill, usually having a cuplike crater at the summit |
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| a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land |
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| a large group or chain of islands |
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| a hollow or depression in the earth's surface, wholly or partly surrounded by higher land |
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| a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 ft. |
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| a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water |
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| a piece of land jutting into the sea or some other large body of water |
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| a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent |
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| an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation |
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| an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland |
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| -a nearly flat plain of alluvial deposit between diverging branches of the mouth of a river, often, though not necessarily, triangular: the Nile delta. |
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| the average # of ppl who live in a unit of area, such as a square mile. Population density measures how crowded an area is |
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| the pattern of weather over a long period of time |
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| the zones tht geographers divide the earth into particular patterns of temperature and precipitation |
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| farmers raise crops or livestock to sell |
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| any action tht relates to the making,buying, and selling of goods and services |
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