Water Bodies Flashcards

Ocean = Largest Sea = Second largest Gulf = Third largest Bay = Fourth largest Strait = Fifth largest Delta = Sixth largest Sound = Seventh largest Watershed = Eighth largest River = Smallest

The body of saline water covering the surface of the Earth.

<p>Southern or Antarctic Ocean.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A landform at the mouth/source of a river, usually triangular in shape.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By the rifting of Baja California from mainland Mexico.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A large sea or ocean inlet larger than a bay.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The land area that supplies water to a river system.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, lake, sea, or another river.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A geographical formation consisting of land extension surrounded by water on three sides.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A headland that dramatically affects ocean currents.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Land that sticks out into a bay.</p> Signup and view all the answers