Glossary (Geography)

Gulf: An area of sea surrounded by land three sides. It forms the shape of an arc.
River Basin: An area of land that is drained by a river or a lake and that is lower that the surrounding area.
Cliff: A high, steep, or overhanging face of rook.
Plain: A large, open, flat or slightly undulating area of land.
Actitude: It's a high point/ A high location or area
Bay: Is a like a gulf but generally smaller
Eurasia: It the fragture between two"placas"
Plateau: A flat area of land which sits at a certain altitude about the sea level.
Massif: A large mountain mass o compact group of connected mountains
Inlet: A thin channel of water leads in land from th sea.
Erosion:The process of eroding or the condition of begin eroded.
Headland: A small area of land that projects out into the sea
Peninsula: A large scale headland surrounded by water or three sides.
Isthmus: A thin stretch of land that connects a peninsula with the land.
Oceanic Trench: A long depression on the ocean floor that can be thousands of metres deep
Oceanic Ridge: An underwater mountain range that generally covers a large area and reaches high altitudes.
Continental Shelf: The undersea extension of a continental that decends gradually to depths of around 400m.
Continental Slope: A steep underwater area thet links the continental shelf with the ocean floor
Mountain: A large landform that is higher than the sourrounding land.
Basin: An area of land that is drained by a river or a lafe and that is lower than the surrounding sea.
Valley: A valley is a linear depression in the land.