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Geography
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Subject
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geography
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Opening through hills or mountains used as a route for highways or railroads
lake
pass
ocean
creek
2. Point where a river empties and ends its course
precipice
river mouth
isthmus
island
3. A bay or recess in the surface of a sea - lake - or river
glacier
bank
inlet
pier
4. The end of a stream; point at which a stream enters a lake - sea or ocean
mouth
earth
mountain chain
sound
5. Growing plants
seaport
cinder cone
oasis
Vegetation
6. North-south measurement of position on the earth
rapids
iceberg
dale
latitude
7. A natural stream of water normally smaller than an often tributary to a river
land
Tunnel
creek
ocean
8. An open land free of woods and buildings
Waves
bayou
field
canal
9. A point or extension of land jutting out into water as a peninsula
channel
cape
tundra
beach
10. Land watered by artificial means through the use of canals or ditches
Whirlpool
bog
creek
irrigated land
11. In the direction of or near to the mouth of a stream
downstream
dale
delta
timber
12. Any one or all of the four largest connecting bodies of salt water on the earth's surface
continental shelf
ocean
Vegetation
cove
13. A part of a body of water protected and deep enough to furnish anchorage; especially: one with port facilities
harbor
Wharf
dale
prairie
14. The edge at the top of a steep place
terrace
field
Tunnel
brink
15. A flat topped - rocky hill with steeply sloping sides
current
mesa
inlet
timber
16. 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
basin
prairie
fjord
stream
17. 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
strait
Vale
Wharf
18. The apparent junction of earth and sky
canal
canyon
horizon
tide
19. The meeting point of two streams - roads or railroads
junction
cultivated land
arm
grove
20. Any land whose surface gradually rises in general direction
dune
headland
slope
Valley
21. Moving ridge of water which rises and falls
reservoir
snowline
Woods
Waves
22. A natural underground chamber or series of chambers open to the surface
irrigated land
dam
channel
cave
23. The vertical elevation of an object above sea or land level
longitude
glacier
altitude
Vegetation
24. The part of a fluid body moving continuously in a certain direction
bayou
canyon
swamp
current
25. A dense growth of trees and underbrush covering a large tract
Waves
channel
forest
reef
26. A level and rather narrow area of land with one steep edge bordering a river - a lake - or the sea
Waves
terrace
mountain range
cultivated land
27. A large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
mountain chain
glacier
pass
left bank
28. The rising ground bordering a lake - river or sea
country
tide
bank
keys
29. Surface features of a region (hills - rivers - roads - etc.)
strait
cultivated land
bank
topography
30. Nearly level area of land usually of considerable size
cove
terrace
plain
beach
31. Area of land surrounded by water
island
point
horizon
fall line
32. A level area of high land varying in size from a mesa to a plateau
swamp
tableland
archipelago
field
33. A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
knoll
dune
cove
drainage basin
34. An artificial waterway for navigation or for draining or irrigating land
fall line
dell
peak
canal
35. A tropical or subtropical grassland containing scattered trees and drought-resistant undergrowth
latitude
savanna
slope
lake
36. The land between hills or mountains - usually containing a stream
pasture
Valley
oasis
earth
37. Tapering piece of land projecting sharply into a stream or body of water
Vale
point
stream
bluff
38. A shallow submarine plane of varying width forming a border to a continent and typically ending in a comparatively steep slope to the deep ocean floor
slope
levee
continental shelf
canyon
39. A flow of moving water
shore
stream
Woods
pool
40. The alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
shoreline
delta
chasm
horizon
41. Creek
brook
estuary
knoll
foothill
42. Loose material which forms the upper surface of the earth
chasm
sea
horizon
soil
43. A usually rounded natural elevation of land lower than a mountain
foothill
Woods
hill
left bank
44. An opening in the earth's surface from which flows - or has flowed - molten rock - steam - cinders - gas - and rock fragments
Volcano
pool
glacier
foothill
45. An inlet of water (as from the sea)
cinder cone
arm
bluff
bank
46. Area of rolling land along the foot of a mountain range
piedmont
headland
isthmus
ford
47. The line on a mountain above which there is snow the year around
oasis
reef
left bank
snowline
48. A deep or precipitous cleft: ravine; especially: one occupied by a torrent
bank
Vegetation
gulch
cinder cone
49. A deep - narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through
mountain range
shoreline
canyon
creek
50. Point where a river begins
river source
cave
knob
prairie