Bodies of Water Vocabulary Words Quiz

an area of water bordered by land on three sides, similar to, but smaller than a gulf.

an artificial waterway, usually connected to (and sometimes connecting) existing lakes, rivers, or oceans.

a (narrow) stream that is smaller than a river

the location where a river flows into an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, or reservoir.

a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes

an artificial or naturally occurring body of water where ships are stored or may shelter from the ocean's weather and currents.

a body of water, usually freshwater, of relatively large size contained on a body of land.

a major body of salty water that, in totality, covers about 71% of the Earth's surface.

a small accumulation of water on a surface, usually the ground.

a natural waterway usually formed by water derived from either precipitation or glacial meltwater, and flows from higher ground to lower ground.

a narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water, and thus lies between two land masses.

a stream or river that flows into the main stem (or parent) river or a lake.

a usually-dry creek bed or gulch that temporarily fills with water after a heavy rain, or seasonally; located in North Africa and Western Asia.

(Scottish) a body of water such as a lake, sea inlet, firth, fjord, estuary or bay.

a body of comparatively shallow salt or brackish water separated from the deeper sea by a shallow or exposed sandbank, coral reef, or similar feature.