Objective: To examine the major forms of land masses and bodies of water.

Island – land area that is surrounded by water

Long Island

Archipelago – chain of islands

Hawaiian Islands

Peninsula – piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides

Florida

Gulf – arm of an ocean or sea that is partly enclosed by land, usually larger than a bay.

Gulf of Mexico

Desert – area that has little or no moisture or vegetation

Sahara Desert, Africa

Mountain – high, steep, rugged land that rises sharply above the surrounding land.

Mount McKinley, Alaska

River – large stream of water that empties into an ocean, lake, or another river

Hudson and Mohawk Rivers

Delta– area where a river breaks off into tributaries emptying out into a larger body of water

Nile River Delta

Isthmus – narrow strip of land joining two large land areas or joining a peninsula to a mainland.

Isthmus of Panama

Strait – narrow channel that connects two larger bodies of water

Strait of Gibraltar

Lake – body of fresh water surrounded by land

Great Lakes

Sea – large body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean

Black Sea

Plateau• An elevated,

comparatively level expanse of land

Valley• An elongated lowland

between ranges of mountains, hills, or other uplands, often having a river or stream running along the bottom

Continent – any of seven large land masses on the Earth’s surface

South AmericaAntarctica

Australia

Asia

EuropeNorth America Africa

Sub-continent – an area of land that is part of a continent but is separated by something (landform, language, etc.

IndiaCentral (Latin)

America

Ocean – any of the large bodies of salt water on the Earth’s surface.

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B

C

DPacific Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Arctic Ocean

Indian Ocean

YOUR CHALLENGE – FIND THESE ON THE BRHS CAMPUS

Obviously, we do not have a LOT of water around Broad Run, and no REAL oceans, but we will get creative. I want you and your partner to travel around the school (outside, not inside) and find things that would REPRESENT the different landforms we have just talked about. Example: A peninsula could be found by looking at parts of the building. Example: A strait could be found by looking at the roads/sidewalks.  What you need to do is find and describe where you and your partner are and what landform it represents and why. This should be done in about 3-5 sentences. You can either 1) draw what it looks like in the space below (while labeling the pieces) and explain why it would be described as that feature OR you can 2) take a picture and use the space below to describe the picture. You will be assigned three physical geographic features.