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Mrs. Barisano's Geography Vocabulary Game

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  • Part of a lake or sea that is partly surrounded by the shore land.
    Bay
  • A group of islands.
    Archipelago
  • The line of 0 degrees longitude, the starting point for measuring distance east and west around the globe. It runs through Greenwich, England.
    Prime Meridian
  • A narrow part of land along a shore that sticks out into the water.
    Cape
  • A narrow piece of land that joins 2 larger land areas and separates 2 bodies of water.
    Isthmus
  • Tall, steep-sided towers of rocks. Smaller than a mesa.
    Butte
  • A coral reef in the open ocean that appears as a low, ring-shaped island or ring of islets.
    Atoll
  • Broad, flat-topped landforms with steep sides. Found mostly in dry regions.
    Mesa
  • A large, relatively flat land, often covered by grasses.
    Plain
  • A 3-sided piece of land jutting out into a lake or ocean.
    Peninsula
  • Very dry land that receives 10 inches or less of precipitation a year.
    Desert
  • The distance north or south of the equator.
    Latitude
  • A hot spring through which jets of water and steam erupt.
    Geyser
  • A large area of the ocean or sea that lies within a curved coastline. It is the portion of the ocean that penetrates into land.
    Gulf
  • Land made by soil that drops from a river at its mouth, the place where it meets the sea.
    Delta
  • The distance east or west of the Prime Meridian.
    Longitude
  • A deep, narrow valley having high, steep sides or cliffs
    Canyon
  • An area made fertile by a source of fresh water in an otherwise arid region.
    Oasis
  • A small strip of water that reaches from a sea or lake into the shore land.
    Inlet
  • Land along the sea.
    Coast
  • A wide strait or waterway between 2 land masses that lie close to each other.
    Channel
  • A type of wetland forming a grassy fringe near river mouths and along coastlines protected from open ocean.
    Marsh
  • A pool of shallow water linked to the sea by an inlet.
    Lagoon
  • A large, relatively flat area that stands above the surrounding land.
    Plateau
  • A huge mass of ice moves slowly over land.
    Glacier
  • A sheltered body of water where ships anchor and are safe from the winds and waves of storms at sea.
    Harbor
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