Climate Control

Archipelago

• An archipelago is a sea with many islands
• a group of many islands

atoll

• an atoll is a ring-shaped coral island that surrounds a lagoon

bay

• a wide inlet of a sea or lake, along the shoreline

Canyon

• a long, narrow valley between high cliffs

Cape

• a piece of land projecting into a body of water

Continental Divide

• an extensive stretch of high ground from each side of which -
• the river systems of a continent flow in opposite directions

Delta

• a deposit of soil, a triangular, formed at the mouth of a larger river

Esturay

• the wide mouth of a river into which the tide way flows from the sea

Fjord

• a long, narrow. deep intent of the sea between steep slopes

glacier

• a larger mass of ice & snow moving slowly down a mountain or valley 

gulf

• a large area of ocean reaching into land
• a wide, deep chasm

headwaters

• the small streams that are the sources of a river

island

• a land mass smaller than a continent & is surrounded by water

Isthmus

• a narrow strip of land having water at each side 
• connects two bodies of land 

Lagoon

• an area of shallow salt water separated from the sea by sand dunes 

mesa

• a small, high plateau with steep sides

ocean currents

• the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction

peninsula

• an area almost surrounded by water

plateau

• an elevated tract of level land

reef

• a ridge of rock, coral, or sand at or near the surface of the water

strait

• a narrow waterway connecting two large bodies of waterways