Nature and science
Water on the Map
Bays, deltas, and the other shapes water takes.
- Teens and up
- Medium · B1
- 12 words
The words
Every word in this set, with what it means. Tap a word to hear it.
- canal
- a long channel of water dug across land for boats
- delta
- the flat land where a river splits before reaching the sea
- bay
- a part of the sea that curves into the land
- sound
- anything you can hear
- channel
- a narrow stretch of water joining two larger areas
- oasis
- a green place with water in the middle of a desert
- basin
- a wide open bowl for holding water
- bend
- to force something into a curve
- glacier
- a huge mass of ice that moves very slowly down a valley
- source
- the place where something begins
- shore
- the land along the edge of the sea or a lake
- kettle
- a metal pot with a spout for boiling water
