Geography Terms

archipelago - ANS a group or chain of islands canal - ANS long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation canyon - ANS deep and narrow valley with steep walls cape - ANS a strip of land projecting into a body of water reservoir - ANS lake used to store water for community use plateau - ANS an area of high, flat land delta - ANS flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth reef - ANS a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water plain - ANS area of level land, usually at low elevation and often covered with grasses peninsula - ANS land surrounded by water on three sides prime meridian - ANS an imaginary line at 0 degrees longitude that circles the planet from north to south and divides the earth into western and eastern hemispheres.