Bodies of Water

Georgia S. Vocabulary.com Contributor
Splash around in this list of geography terms that label different types of bodies of water, and check out the related lesson plan, "Water, Water, Everywhere" (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/2994/).
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  1. sound
    mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
    a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

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    a large ocean inlet or deep bay
  2. river
    a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
    a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
  3. strait
    a narrow channel joining two larger bodies of water
    a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
  4. channel
    a deep and relatively narrow body of water
    a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels
  5. gulf
    an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land
    an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
  6. lake
    a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
    a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
  7. sea
    a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
    a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
  8. estuary
    the wide part of a river where it nears the sea
    the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix
  9. polynya
    a stretch of open water surrounded by ice
    a stretch of open water surrounded by ice (especially in Arctic seas)
  10. ocean
    a large body of water that is part of the hydrosphere
    a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
  11. bay
    an indentation of a shoreline smaller than a gulf
    an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
  12. inlet
    an arm off of a larger body of water
    an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
  13. shoal
    a stretch of shallow water
    a stretch of shallow water
Created on Wed Oct 05 11:56:46 EDT 2011 (updated Wed Oct 19 07:34:17 EDT 2011)

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