Waterforms

The Earth

30% LAND
70% WATER!
 Oceans

• The most important bodies of water

• There are FOUR (4) Oceans
– Atlantic
– Pacific
– Indian
– Arctic
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Arctic Ocean
 Other Large Bodies of Water

• These waterforms are partly surrounded

by landforms or extend deep into
landforms
– Bay
– Gulf
– Sea
 Bay

• A body of water extending into land,

having a wide opening
• Smaller than a GULF
 Gulf

• An arm of an ocean or sea extending into

the land
• Usually larger
than a BAY
 Sea
• A large body of salt water
• Smaller than an Ocean
 Strait

• A natural, narrow waterway connecting

two larger bodies of water
 Canal
• A man-made narrow body of water
connecting two larger bodies of water

Suez Canal

Egypt
 Lake

• A body of water completely surrounded by

land

Lake
Victoria
 River

• A natural stream of running water that

flows into a larger body of water
• A River has FOUR (4) parts
– Source: where the river starts
– Tributary: contributes water to the river
– Mouth: where the river ends
– Delta: fertile soil at the mouth of a river