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Geography
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geography
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Natural or artificial lake - usually made by damming a stream of running water
land
stream
reservoir
sea level
2. The alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
delta
gulf
shoal
plateau
3. A harbor or dock for large ships where materials can be loaded or unloaded
spit
iceberg
natural resource
seaport
4. A stream of water dropping over a dam or precipice
hill
cave
cavern
Waterfall
5. 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
atoll
brink
mountain
sound
6. 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
Woods
cave
prairie
breakers
7. An area of low - wet - poorly drained land
cape
gorge
pool
marsh
8. The elevated land or divide separating two drainage areas
Woods
Watershed
river
sea level
9. Opening through hills or mountains used as a route for highways or railroads
mouth
pass
river mouth
strait
10. A large or small depression in the surface of the land or in the ocean floor
basin
ridge
cinder cone
Upstream
11. West-east measurement of position on the earth
dike
irrigated land
longitude
junction
12. Area of level land where grass is grown and usually cut for hay
meadow
reef
rapids
ledge
13. A narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes
island
bay
fjord
brink
14. The angular distance of something above the sea
drainage basin
elevation
slope
gulch
15. An enclosure with gates built in a canal or river so that ships can be raised or lowered by changing the water level
locks
island
Vale
savanna
16. An artificial waterway for navigation or for draining or irrigating land
canal
pier
mountain range
Waterfall
17. An artificial passage beneath the surface of the earth
gulch
country
coast
Tunnel
18. A natural stream of water normally smaller than an often tributary to a river
creek
hill
sandbar
crag
19. Valley
bluff
plateau
dale
mountain range
20. The vertical elevation of an object above sea or land level
altitude
snowline
tributary
brook
21. A dividing ridge between drainage areas
cultivated land
Upstream
tableland
divide
22. The part of a fluid body moving continuously in a certain direction
Wharf
current
divide
cave
23. An embankment beside a stream to prevent overflow.
latitude
fall line
levee
Vale
24. A barrier preventing the flow of water or of solid materials (as snow and ice)
dam
Waves
Waterfall
mountain
25. Portion of earth's surface above the level of the sea or ocean
estuary
canyon
land
canal
26. A shallow part of water that may be crossed by wading
ford
beach
coast
continental shelf
27. The apparent junction of earth and sky
horizon
oasis
cave
Watershed
28. An inlet of the sea or other body of water usually smaller than a gulf
bay
cove
knoll
continent
29. A flat topped - rocky hill with steeply sloping sides
mesa
sandbar
timberline
dam
30. The bank of a stream which lies on the left side as one goes with the current
brink
left bank
bluff
right bank
31. Bank of a stream which lies on the right side as one goes with the current
right bank
moor
continental shelf
ridge
32. Moving ridge of water which rises and falls
Waves
mountain
pond
Watershed
33. A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
harbor
dune
ridge
gulf
34. A bank usually of earth constructed to control or confine water
desert
meadow
dike
branch
35. North-south measurement of position on the earth
inlet
latitude
pond
right bank
36. A point or extension of land jutting out into water as a peninsula
Upstream
drainage basin
forest
cape
37. A lofty elevation on the earth's surface
cove
slope
dune
mountain
38. The bed where a natural stream of water runs
snowline
channel
ford
stream
39. Large stream of water of natural origin which drains an area of land and flows into another river or body of water
isthmus
river
dale
peninsula
40. A shore of a body of water covered by sand - gravel or larger rock fragments
strait
beach
pass
Waterfall
41. Any land whose surface gradually rises in general direction
gulf
stream
slope
cavern
42. Piece of land nearly surrounded by water and attached to a larger area of land or the mainland by an isthmus
peninsula
bayou
fjord
earth
43. Series of connecting mountains
mine
cove
coast
mountain range
44. Arid land with usually sparse vegetation; especially such land having a very warm climate and receiving less than 25 cm of sporadic rainfall annually
Wharf
desert
elevation
soil
45. A secluded hollow or small valley usually covered with trees or turf
dell
timberline
dike
bay
46. A very steep - vertical or overhanging face of rock - earth or ice
inlet
cliff
downstream
pool
47. A passageway of water connecting two large bodies of water
strait
lake
natural resource
irrigated land
48. Nearly level area of land usually of considerable size
spit
plain
slope
gulch
49. Low land between two hills
Vale
brook
lagoon
Tunnel
50. Very steep - high cliff
reef
slope
precipice
glacier