Land and Water Terms

Land and Wate r Vocab

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Bay
Part of an ocean or lake extending into land
Canal
Waterway dug across land co ships can pass
Cliff
Steep slope of rock or soil
Glacier
A huge mass of ice that moves slowly down a mountain
Harbor
A sheltered area of water where ships can anchor safely
Hill
Smaller than a mountain
Iceberg
A large mass of ice floating in a ocean
Island
Area of land completely surrounded by water
Lake
Large body of water surrounded by land
Mountain
Raised part of the earths surface...higher than a hill
Mountain Range
A row of connected mountains
Mouth
A part of a river where its water flows into another body of water
Ocean
A great body of salt water almost three-fourths of the earths surface
Peak
The pointed top of a mountain or hill
Pennisula
Land surrounded by water on all sides but one