Click Quiz: Geography Terms A-Z

The bottom of a sea or ocean

A long, narrow, navigable marine inlet with steep sides or cliffs created by glacial erosion

An elongated raised landform which forms a continuous elevated crest for some distance, such as a chain of hills or mountains

A land or water passage that is confined or restricted by its narrow breadth

A type of wetland which accumulates deposits of dead plant material

A deep cleft between cliffs or a rift between two mountain peaks caused by erosion

One half of the Earth

An adjective describing a settlement with a high population density and a developed infrastructure of built environment

A navigable artificial water channel

A territory completely surrounded by the territory of exactly one other state, country, or other political entity

A piece of land surrounded by water along the majority of its border while still being connected to a mainland from which it projects

Collection of islands

An isolated, relatively flat-topped natural elevation

A small area of water connected to the ocean but otherwise blockaded by one or more islands

A low area between hills or mountains, often with a river running through it

A combination of a human settlement and an area of cultivated vegetation in an otherwise desolate desert or semi-desert environment

An area covered with dense vegetation dominated by large trees

Small, low-elevation, sandy island on the surface of a coral reef

Wild, uncultivated, uninhabited land, especially that which is barren or desolate, supporting little or no plant and animal life

Any tributary stream that runs parallel to, and within the floodplain of a larger river for considerable distance, before eventually joining it

Depression, particularly one that is approximately circular, level at the bottom, and/or surrounded on all sides by land of uniform elevation

Plant succession that is limited by water availability

An indentation of a shoreline which leads to an enclosed body of salt water

A moist subarctic coniferous forest dominated by spruces and firs

The public regulation of land and building use to control the character of a place