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Geography
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geography
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. One of the 6 or 7 great divisions of land on the globe
knob
sandbar
brook
continent
2. A deep - narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through
mountain
canyon
crater
archipelago
3. A high - steep bank
bluff
altitude
Watershed
moor
4. A bay or recess in the surface of a sea - lake - or river
bay
archipelago
Tunnel
inlet
5. Arid land with usually sparse vegetation; especially such land having a very warm climate and receiving less than 25 cm of sporadic rainfall annually
desert
lagoon
Volcano
brink
6. Body of still water smaller than a lake
cove
cultivated land
lagoon
pond
7. An enclosure with gates built in a canal or river so that ships can be raised or lowered by changing the water level
piedmont
river
inlet
locks
8. Bank of a stream which lies on the right side as one goes with the current
right bank
peninsula
seaport
forest
9. Valley
peak
continental shelf
dale
crag
10. Series of rocks in a body of water - the tops of which are slightly beneath - or at - the surface
reef
drainage basin
savanna
tributary
11. A point of usually high land jutting out into a body of water
headland
crag
shoreline
soil
12. North-south measurement of position on the earth
latitude
longitude
forest
archipelago
13. A long and rather narrow body of water - larger than a strait - connecting two large bodies of water or separating a large island from the mainland
piedmont
sandbar
horizon
sound
14. Fertile spot within a desert watered by underground springs or by irrigation
oasis
bay
cape
point
15. An embankment beside a stream to prevent overflow.
meadow
brink
Wharf
levee
16. A deep or precipitous cleft: ravine; especially: one occupied by a torrent
gulch
pool
basin
pier
17. Island or reef that doesn't stick up very far above the water
keys
coast
divide
cape
18. Any very shallow spot in a body of water
dune
chasm
country
shoal
19. A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
savanna
spit
swamp
dune
20. An indefinite usually extended expanse of land
pier
country
summit
shore
21. Large level - or nearly level - area of elevated land
isthmus
plateau
tundra
locks
22. The land near a shore
coast
field
cultivated land
river source
23. The bank of a stream which lies on the left side as one goes with the current
bluff
steppe
left bank
current
24. 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
crater
prairie
topography
mesa
25. Area of land surrounded by water
field
mesa
mountain
island
26. The planet on which we live that is the third in order from the sun
earth
dike
glen
precipice
27. Portion of earth's surface above the level of the sea or ocean
field
land
pasture
delta
28. Land bordering the sea - a lake - or a large river
downstream
precipice
shore
channel
29. A pit from which coal - minerals or precious stones are taken by digging
mine
tableland
beach
tributary
30. Supplies of materials founding nature - such as minerals - water or coal
bay
natural resource
rapids
keys
31. A natural stream of water normally smaller than an often tributary to a river
creek
gorge
topography
lagoon
32. Stream that flows into another stream
fall line
tributary
peninsula
isthmus
33. Smooth - rounded hill
creek
continent
inlet
knob
34. The edge at the top of a steep place
foothill
bluff
iceberg
brink
35. An artificial waterway for navigation or for draining or irrigating land
headland
river mouth
canal
savanna
36. Natural or artificial lake - usually made by damming a stream of running water
current
reservoir
piedmont
left bank
37. Narrow piece of land joining 2 larger bodies of land - or joining a peninsula with a mainland
isthmus
mine
Waves
oasis
38. A small wood without underbrush
reservoir
grove
continental shelf
summit
39. A creek - secondary water course or minor river that is tributary to another body of water
divide
bayou
tributary
bluff
40. Alternate rise and fall of the water level of a lake or ocean caused by gravitational pull of the moon on the earth
glacier
shoreline
Woods
tide
41. An artificial passage beneath the surface of the earth
swamp
levee
downstream
Tunnel
42. Cave; especially one of larger or indefinite extent
moor
headland
cavern
Watershed
43. An inlet of water (as from the sea)
Woods
arm
dike
slope
44. The part of a fluid body moving continuously in a certain direction
breakers
current
slope
mountain chain
45. The elevated land or divide separating two drainage areas
tableland
topography
estuary
Watershed
46. A large dock from which ships may load or unload
shoal
Wharf
crag
levee
47. Any land whose surface gradually rises in general direction
cavern
bog
iceberg
slope
48. Russian term for mid-latitude
forest
swamp
steppe
Woods
49. A steep - rugged rock or cliff
mountain range
river
crag
estuary
50. A point or extension of land jutting out into water as a peninsula
arm
cape
gulf
lagoon