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

Cape – Narrow point of land that extends into a body of water Cape Cod, MA Peninsula – piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides Florida

Hill – area of raised land that is lower and more rounded than a mountain Hills Acadia National Park Maine Mountain – high, steep, rugged land that rises sharply above the surrounding land. Mount McKinley, Alaska

Plain – broad area of fairly level land that is generally close to sea level Plains Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation Wyoming Plateau – large area of high, flat, or gently rolling land Bateke Plateau Gabon, Africa

Desert – area that has little or no moisture or vegetation Sahara Desert, Africa Coast – land that borders the sea Jones Beach

Continent – any of seven large land masses on the Earth’s surface South America Antarctica Australia Asia Europe North America Africa

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

Tributary – stream or small river that flows into a larger stream or river River – large stream of water that empties into an ocean, lake, or another river Hudson and Mohawk Rivers tributary map of Lake Erie

Bay – part of a body of water that is partly enclosed by land Jamaica Bay Gulf – arm of an ocean or sea that is partly enclosed by land, usually larger than a bay. Gulf of Mexico

Lake – body of fresh water surrounded by land Great Lakes Sea – large body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean Black Sea

Ocean – any of the large bodies of salt water on the Earth’s surface.