ACTIVITY 2:
Use an atlas, flat map, or globe to find proper names of some of the followingwaterforms and land-
forms all over the earth.Remember, an island is not an archipelago.
Waterforms
Landforms
gulfs
seas
bays
islands
peninsulas archipelagos
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Geography Skills
Lesson 13: (cont.)
What Are TheMajorWaterforms?
Across
3 a lowland area that holds fresh or salt water
6 awaterway dug across land to connect two
bodies of water
7 the part of a stream or river where thewater
flows into another body of water
9 all the creeks, streams, and smaller rivers
that empty into a large river
12 a very large area of ocean; also could be an
area of salt water that is partly or entirely
landlocked
15 a steep fall or flow of water from a height
17 the placewhere awaterform begins, such
as a stream or river
18 an area of low-lyingwetlandwith trees
21 narrow opening of water from the sea or
ocean into the land
23 a protected part of a body of water deep
enough for ships
24 an area of land that drains into a river, river
system, or body of water
25 largest body of salt water on earth
26 a long, narrow, deep body of water with
steep sides cutting inland from the sea
Down
1 a body of water separating an island from
themainland
2 a very large area of an ocean or sea that is
partly surrounded by land
4 a large inland body of fresh or salt water
5 a structure that holds water back in a lake
6 an area, wider than a strait, connecting two
bodies of water
8 part of an ocean, sea, or lake that reaches
into the land; usually smaller than a gulf
9 a natural or human-made lake inwhich
water held back by a dam is stored
10 awide stream of freshwater that flows
across the land
11 a narrowwaterform that connects two larger
bodies of water
13 an area of low-lyingwetland containing tall
grass
14 a town having a harbor where ships load
and unload trade goods
16 a fast-moving part of a river caused by a
steep fall in the river bed
19 a very largemass of icemoving slowly
over land
20 a large stream of water that flows into a
larger waterway
22 slow-moving tributaries through amarshy
area to another body of water
