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- 1 What is a large arm of a body of water partly surrounded by land called?
- 2 What is a water surrounded by land?
- 3 What is a large body of water completely or partly surrounded?
- 4 Which geography term is a large body of water surrounded by land and having only a narrow entrance?
- 5 What is a raised area or mound of land?
- 6 Which is part of a body of water that is partly enclosed by land?
What is a large arm of a body of water partly surrounded by land called?
Landforms and Bodies of Water – Definitions
| A | B |
|---|---|
| bay | part of a body of water that is partly enclosed by land |
| gulf | arm of an ocean or sea that is partly enclosed by land, usually larger than a bay. |
| lake | body of fresh water surrounded by land |
| sea | large body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean |
What is a water surrounded by land?
A piece of water surrounded by land is called Lake and a piece of land surrounded by water is called Island.
What is a large body of water completely or partly surrounded?
A lake is a large body of water surrounded by land on all sides. Really huge lakes are often called seas.
What body of water is smaller than a bay?
Smaller Salt Water Bays are similar to a gulf in that land also will partly enclose them, but they are smaller. Coves, where the land encompasses the water most of the way in a horseshoe shape, contain less water than a bay. A cove can exist in a lake as well as an ocean or sea.
What is a body of salt water usually larger than a lake that is partly or entirely surrounded by land?
Landforms
| A | B |
|---|---|
| Plain | a large flat area of land |
| Plateau | a large area of high, flat land |
| River | a large body of fresh water that moves from higher to lower land. A river usually flows into another river, lake, sea, or ocean |
| Sea | a large body of water, partly or entirely surrounded by land. It is larger than a lake and has saltwater. |
Which geography term is a large body of water surrounded by land and having only a narrow entrance?
Encyclopedic entry. A strait is a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water.
What is a raised area or mound of land?
Hills or Pleatue The raised area is a huge area of low-lying land that is elevated higher than the land encompassing it. A hill is a terrain that stretches above the encompassing terrain.
Which is part of a body of water that is partly enclosed by land?
bay. part of a body of water that is partly enclosed by land. gulf. arm of an ocean or sea that is partly enclosed by land, usually larger than a bay. lake. body of fresh water surrounded by land. sea. large body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean. ocean.
Which is a Gulf arm of an ocean?
A B gulf arm of an ocean or sea that is partly en lake body of fresh water surrounded by land sea large body of salt water that is smaller ocean any of the large bodies of salt water on
Which is larger a gorge or a sea?
A small area of sea or lake partly enclosed by dry land. Larger than a gorge, a deep, steep-sided narrow valley with a flat bottom. A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water. Nearly flat region of land.