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Geography
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geography
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
desert
prairie
lake
dale
2. Tapering piece of land projecting sharply into a stream or body of water
mountain chain
peak
point
Watershed
3. An inlet of water (as from the sea)
tide
glacier
arm
right bank
4. A tropical or subtropical grassland containing scattered trees and drought-resistant undergrowth
savanna
timber
sea
shoal
5. Area of land surrounded by water
island
left bank
dale
mouth
6. Supplies of materials founding nature - such as minerals - water or coal
bog
river mouth
knoll
natural resource
7. A dividing ridge between drainage areas
altitude
reef
divide
crag
8. Forest land covered by trees of sufficient size - kind - and quality to be of commercial value
isthmus
timber
archipelago
altitude
9. A large dock from which ships may load or unload
Wharf
lake
junction
Valley
10. A bay or recess in the surface of a sea - lake - or river
reservoir
Watershed
locks
inlet
11. A part of a body of water protected and deep enough to furnish anchorage; especially: one with port facilities
country
cliff
earth
harbor
12. A line joining the waterfalls on numerous rivers that marks the point where each river descends from the upland to the lowland and the limit of the navigability of the river
cove
spit
fall line
desert
13. Large level - or nearly level - area of elevated land
atoll
plateau
ford
strait
14. A large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
pasture
mine
glacier
locks
15. The average level of the surface of the ocean measured along a shoreline
terrace
sea level
inlet
river mouth
16. Area of level land where grass is grown and usually cut for hay
soil
elevation
meadow
canal
17. Any very shallow spot in a body of water
tide
knob
shoal
timber
18. Highest part of a hill or mountain
sound
Valley
Watershed
summit
19. Direction from which a stream is flowing
continent
right bank
Upstream
irrigated land
20. Any land whose surface gradually rises in general direction
right bank
hill
reef
slope
21. The apparent junction of earth and sky
horizon
oasis
rapids
delta
22. Natural or artificial lake - usually made by damming a stream of running water
Tunnel
ledge
savanna
reservoir
23. A wave breaking into foam (as against a sea shore)
breakers
crag
junction
spit
24. Large stream of water of natural origin which drains an area of land and flows into another river or body of water
harbor
river
Watershed
left bank
25. An area of low spongy land too wet to farm but usually supporting an abundance of coarse grasses - trees - or other vegetation
creek
glacier
swamp
pasture
26. Area of open wasteland - often swampy
mountain
estuary
moor
basin
27. A shallow part of water that may be crossed by wading
mouth
ford
marsh
spit
28. A flow of moving water
mountain
brook
Vegetation
stream
29. A long narrow sandy point of land projecting into water
spit
delta
land
bluff
30. The edge at the top of a steep place
plain
forest
brink
slope
31. A stream of water dropping over a dam or precipice
point
Wharf
knob
Waterfall
32. Something that extends from or enters into a main body or source
field
branch
shoal
soil
33. Smooth - rounded hill
archipelago
crater
terrace
knob
34. Opening through hills or mountains used as a route for highways or railroads
bay
inlet
sound
pass
35. A part of an ocean or sea extending into the land
topography
gulf
keys
mesa
36. Narrow piece of land joining 2 larger bodies of land - or joining a peninsula with a mainland
isthmus
bayou
savanna
cove
37. 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
sound
left bank
branch
channel
38. Russian term for mid-latitude
crag
continental shelf
mesa
steppe
39. Land where grass and other plants grow and where cattle - sheep - etc. can graze
gulf
dike
steppe
pasture
40. Any one or all of the four largest connecting bodies of salt water on the earth's surface
foothill
desert
ocean
junction
41. Chain of mountains
glacier
point
mountain chain
plateau
42. Pool of shallow water connected to the sea by an inlet
crag
oasis
drainage basin
lagoon
43. A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
dune
desert
lake
levee
44. Piece of land nearly surrounded by water and attached to a larger area of land or the mainland by an isthmus
cave
natural resource
peak
peninsula
45. A very steep - vertical or overhanging face of rock - earth or ice
cliff
levee
Tunnel
latitude
46. A small sheltered inlet or bay
dam
cove
headland
topography
47. Series of connecting mountains
coast
seaport
mountain range
right bank
48. The line where the land meets the water
shoreline
branch
irrigated land
moor
49. The rising ground bordering a lake - river or sea
land
field
coast
bank
50. An indefinite usually extended expanse of land
gorge
country
left bank
channel