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Geography
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geography
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An enclosure with gates built in a canal or river so that ships can be raised or lowered by changing the water level
timberline
shoal
locks
piedmont
2. A shallow part of water that may be crossed by wading
Volcano
cave
ford
forest
3. Russian term for mid-latitude
glacier
steppe
tributary
beach
4. A bowl-shaped depression formed by an impact or around the orifice of a volcano
bank
steppe
crater
longitude
5. A level and rather narrow area of land with one steep edge bordering a river - a lake - or the sea
ridge
terrace
bayou
breakers
6. Supplies of materials founding nature - such as minerals - water or coal
tributary
atoll
natural resource
meadow
7. Nearly level area of land usually of considerable size
plain
gorge
stream
Waterfall
8. An inlet of the sea or other body of water usually smaller than a gulf
bay
pass
crater
cinder cone
9. Bank of a stream which lies on the right side as one goes with the current
right bank
isthmus
snowline
river
10. A long narrow sandy point of land projecting into water
right bank
dune
spit
pier
11. A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier
delta
iceberg
reef
dam
12. Something that extends from or enters into a main body or source
current
shoal
crag
branch
13. A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
pasture
headland
elevation
dune
14. West-east measurement of position on the earth
bayou
shoreline
downstream
longitude
15. An indefinite usually extended expanse of land
country
land
topography
cave
16. Growing plants
downstream
piedmont
current
Vegetation
17. Opening through hills or mountains used as a route for highways or railroads
pass
oasis
river mouth
locks
18. A usually rounded natural elevation of land lower than a mountain
hill
right bank
mountain range
left bank
19. A secluded narrow valley
sound
glen
reef
tributary
20. Point where a river begins
river source
right bank
prairie
ledge
21. An expanse of water with many scattered islands
mountain chain
strait
archipelago
latitude
22. Portion of earth's surface above the level of the sea or ocean
mountain
Wharf
isthmus
land
23. A deep - narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through
sea
canyon
strait
fall line
24. A part of an ocean or sea extending into the land
continental shelf
gulf
piedmont
country
25. A creek - secondary water course or minor river that is tributary to another body of water
forest
sound
precipice
bayou
26. Large level - or nearly level - area of elevated land
plateau
Whirlpool
peninsula
divide
27. Any very shallow spot in a body of water
earth
Vegetation
plateau
shoal
28. A small wood without underbrush
grove
Upstream
hill
gorge
29. Wet - spongy ground; especially: a poor drained - usually acid area rich in accumulated plant material - frequently surrounding a body of open water - and having a characteristic flora
bog
peak
tableland
fjord
30. A narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes
bayou
fjord
precipice
pond
31. Large stream of water of natural origin which drains an area of land and flows into another river or body of water
dell
channel
river
snowline
32. Island or reef that doesn't stick up very far above the water
keys
plateau
Woods
latitude
33. A point or extension of land jutting out into water as a peninsula
longitude
cape
hill
cinder cone
34. A large dock from which ships may load or unload
Wharf
right bank
cliff
timber
35. North-south measurement of position on the earth
latitude
gulch
tundra
natural resource
36. Any natural grassland but usually used to describe the vast areas of level or rolling land without trees in the central part of the United States
prairie
topography
gorge
plateau
37. Area of rolling land along the foot of a mountain range
land
piedmont
crater
soil
38. An inlet of water (as from the sea)
shoreline
peninsula
arm
cliff
39. In the direction of or near to the mouth of a stream
island
archipelago
summit
downstream
40. Any place where water flows in a small circle usually caused by the current of a stream striking a bank or by two currents meeting
breakers
meadow
Whirlpool
earth
41. The line where the land meets the water
cove
drainage basin
mountain chain
shoreline
42. The alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
point
pool
pasture
delta
43. Cave; especially one of larger or indefinite extent
longitude
river source
cavern
pond
44. Land watered by artificial means through the use of canals or ditches
shoreline
Vegetation
irrigated land
prairie
45. A dense growth of trees and underbrush covering a large tract
marsh
chasm
Wharf
forest
46. Creek
levee
brook
dune
sandbar
47. Arid land with usually sparse vegetation; especially such land having a very warm climate and receiving less than 25 cm of sporadic rainfall annually
shoreline
desert
Valley
fjord
48. A point of usually high land jutting out into a body of water
forest
latitude
creek
headland
49. Land bordering the sea - a lake - or a large river
Waves
ocean
seaport
shore
50. A natural stream of water normally smaller than an often tributary to a river
reef
locks
Waves
creek