5th Grade Physical Geography: 5th Grade Physical Geography, List 2

This list covers water-related vocabulary.

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  1. sound
    narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
  2. island
    a land mass that is surrounded by water
  3. bay
    an indentation of a shoreline smaller than a gulf
  4. ocean
    a large body of water that is part of the hydrosphere
  5. tide
    the periodic rise and fall of the sea level
  6. channel
    a deep and relatively narrow body of water
  7. swamp
    low land that is seasonally flooded
  8. strait
    a narrow channel joining two larger bodies of water
  9. peninsula
    a large mass of land projecting into a body of water
  10. marsh
    low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation
  11. reef
    a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the water's surface
  12. tributary
    a branch that flows into the main stream
  13. delta
    a low area of alluvial deposits where a river divides
  14. lagoon
    a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef
  15. archipelago
    a group of many islands in a large body of water
  16. isthmus
    a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
  17. oasis
    a fertile tract in a desert
  18. estuary
    the wide part of a river where it nears the sea
  19. geyser
    a spring that discharges hot water and steam
  20. aquifer
    underground layer of rock or sand that yields groundwater
Created on Mon Nov 27 13:25:39 EST 2023 (updated Thu Nov 30 15:15:35 EST 2023)

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