continent Largest land mass on earth

North AmericaSouth AmericaAsiaAustraliaAfricaAntarcticaEurope

baybody of water with land on three sides smaller than a gulf

Chesapeake BayTampa Bay

Island

HawaiiBahamas

Land that is completely surrounded by water

peninsulaBody of land with water on three sides

FloridaItalyGreece

cataractSeries of river rapids or waterfalls

Nile River

Colorado River

OasisFertile land in the desert fed by an underground spring or well

Nile River, Egypt

desertRegion that has little precipitation

Sahara Desert, N. AfricaSonoran Desert, SW USA MexicoAntarctica

oceanvast body of salt water;there are 5

Atlantic OceanPacific OceanArctic OceanIndian OceanSouthern Ocean

gulf part of an ocean with land on 3 sides

Gulf of Mexico

coastwhere the edge of a large land mass meets a large body of water

Atlantic Coast (East Coast)

Pacific Coast (West Coast)

Gulf Coast

archipelago group of island

HawaiiBahamas

Greek IslesFlorida Keys

mountainland with extremely high elevation compared to surrounding area

Rocky MountainsAppalachian MountainsMt. Everest, Himalayan Mts

deltalayers of soil washed down from the river

Mississippi River DeltaNile River Delta

volcano opening in the earth’s crust which lava erupts

Mt. St Helens

Mt. Vesuvius

mouth of a river

Nile River flows into Mediterranean Sea

Mississippi River flows into Gulf of Mexico

where river empties into larger body of water

straitnarrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water

Bering Strait

Strait of Gibraltar

valley

Susquehanna Valley

Indus Valley

low area of land surrounded by higher land