geography terms
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isthmus
- A narrow strip of land, with water on both sides, that connects to larger land masses.
- Example: the isthmus of Panama connects Costa Rica and South America and is between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
plain
- Elevated flat land.
- Example: the Great Plains in North America.
delta
- A point of land extending into the sea; it is usually smaller than a peninsula.
- Example: the Nile Delta, where the Nile River expands and drains into the Mediterranean Sea.
cape
- The triangular-shaped land found at the mouth of some large rivers.
- Example: the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.
peninsula
- A mass of land almost entirely surrounded by water. It is usually connected to the mainland by a narrow neck.
- Example: Florida is a peninsula.
Valley
- An elongated lowland between mountains, hills, or other uplands.
- Example: Sacramento is bordered on one side by the Sierra Nevada mountain range and on the other side by the Coastal range.
canyon
- A deep narrow depression in the earth's surface, often having a river running through it.
- Example: the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
plateau
- A broad expanse of generally high and flat land, also called a tableland.
- Example: the Tibetan Plateau located in central Asia.
strait
- A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
- Example: The Strait of Gibraltar which connects the Atlantic Ocean on its west with the Mediterranean Sea on its east.
Archipelago
- Either a group of islands or a body of water that has many islands in it.
- Example: the Bahamas in North America.
