Challenge A Geography Set #1 (Fall wks 1-7/altitude-

downstream)
Study online at quizlet.com/_xjf04

1. altitude 5. bank

the steep or sloping border of any stream

6. basin

elevation or height above sea level [note:

measure altitude from sea level to top of
mountain or cliff]
2. archipelago

a low place in the surface of the land, usually with a

body of water occupying the lowest part
7. bay

a group or chain of many islands in a sea

(usually shaped like an arch)
3. arm

any inlet of the ocean or part of the ocean bordering on

land and partly surrounded by land
8. bayou

an inlet from the sea or other body of water

4. atoll

a slow, sluggish stream; usually used to describe inlets

from the Gulf of Mexico or from the Mississippi river

a small island the shape of a ring or horseshoe

formed by deposits of coral sea animals
9. beach 13. breakers

the pebbly or sandy shore of the sea or of a lake that waves breaking into foam as they approach or dash
is washed by the waves against the shore
10. bluff 14. brink

a high, steep bank beside a body of water the very edge at the top of a bluff, cliff, or precipice
11. bog 15. brook

very wet, spongy ground not able to support much a natural stream of running water smaller than a
weight, usually made up of decayed plants river or a creek
12. branch 16. canal

a small stream or creek emptying into a larger stream

a constructed channel filled with water used for

navigation, irrigation or drainage
17. canyon 22. chasm

a deep, narrow valley having high, steep slopes

18. cape

an empty, deep gap in the surface of the earth

23. cinder
cone

a narrow piece of land projecting into the sea

19. cave a cone-shaped mass of material made by volcanic
eruption
24. cliff

a deep, hollowed-out area under the earth's surface

the steep, rocky face of a bluff
20. cavern
25. coast

a large cave of room size or larger

21. channel
land along the sea
26. continent

any one of the seven largest areas of land on the

a narrow strip of water earth's surface
27. continental 32. creek
shelf

the shallow sea area bordering the continents

28. country

a natural stream of running water larger than a

brook but smaller than a river
33. cultivated
land
a nation or area of land that is politically
controlled by one government
29. cove

land that is plowed or spaded and used for

growing crops
34. current
a small, sheltered inlet from any body of water
30. crag

the swiftly moving part of a stream or ocean

a projecting point of rock, usually perpendicular 35. dale
or nearly so
31. crater

a small valley

the bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano

36. dam 40. dike

earth or other material built up along a river or

a bank or wall built across a stream to hold back or ocean to keep the water from overflowing onto
redirect water land
37. dell 41. divide

a small sheltered valley or ravine

38. delta

a water parting or watershed that separates

two drainage area
42. downstream

a deposit, usually triangular in shape, of sand and soil

that forms at the mouth of a river
39. desert

the direction in which a stream is flowing

a large area of land with little or no moisture or

vegetation