Physical Geography Glossary
2.2 Assignment
Basin
Area of land drained by a given river and its branches; area of land surrounded by lands of higher elevation.
- The basin can be found by a river any where around the world.
Channel
Wide strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other; deep part of a river or other waterway.
- The channel can be found possibly in Hawaii or any of the places around Hawaii.
Glacier
Large, thick body of slowly moving ice.
Gulf
Part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally larger and more deeply indented than a bay.
Island
Land area, smaller than a continent, completely surrounded by water.
- Glaciers can be found in Antartica and Greenland.
- Gulf is found by Mexico, were the Gulf of Mexico comes in.
- Islands can be found around Hawaii.
Peninsula
Body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water.
- Peninsulas can be found in Florida, Mexico, and Italy.
- Plains can be found in the West part of Texas.
Plateau
Area of flat or rolling land at high elevation, about 300 to 3,000 feet (90 to 900 m) high.
Sea
Large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land.
Valley
Area of low land usually between hills or mountains.
- Plateaus can be found in Colorado and East Asia.
- Seas can be found by Brazil. Its called the Caribbean Sea.
- Valleys can be found in about every continent on earth that has land between mountains or hills.