Click Quiz: Geography Terms A-Z

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

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

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

An area covered with dense vegetation dominated by large trees

One half of the Earth

A landform at the mouth of a river where the main stem splits up into several distributaries

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

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

Collection of islands

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

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

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

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

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

A moist subarctic coniferous forest dominated by spruces and firs

A navigable artificial water channel

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

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

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

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

The bottom of a sea or ocean

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 isolated, relatively flat-topped natural elevation