Bay: a curved indentation of a sea or lake into the land, with a wide opening
Gulf: a large inlet of a sea cutting deep into the land
Hydrosphere: all the water bodies such as oceans, seas, lakes and rivers taken together
Inland seas: seas that are completely surrounded by land, without any outlet into the ocean
Lagoons: shallow salt water bodies separated from the sea by a low sandbank or coral reef
Lakes: small water bodies surrounded by land on all sides
Marginal seas: seas that are extensions of oceans and are partially surrounded by land
Oceans: vast bodies of water surrounding the continents
Rivers: water bodies that flow in a definite channel down the slope of the land towards a sea or a lake
Strait: a narrow stretch of water that joins two large water bodies and separates two landmasses
Choose the correct option.
- The deepest ocean in the world is ___________________.
- Atlantic
- Pacific
- Arctic
- India
- Which of the following is not an inland sea?
- Black Sea
- Caspian Sea
- Dead Sea
- North Sea
- The highest navigable lake in the world is _____________.
- Lake Titicaca
- Lake Baikal
- Lake Superior
- Lake Victoria
- The Congo River drains into the ________________ Ocean.
- Pacific
- Arctic
- Atlantic
- Indian
- A large inlet of a sea cutting deep into the land is called a _____________.
- bay
- gulf
- lagoon
- strait
- (b) Pacific
- Id) North Sea
- (a) Lake Titicaca
- (c) Atlantic
- (b) gulf
Fill in the blanks.
- The Atlantic Ocean is shaped like the alphabet ______________.
- The Arctic Ocean is linked to the Pacific Ocean through the ____________________.
- The South China Sea is an extension of the _________________ Ocean.
- ___________________ is the deepest fresh water lake in the world.
- River Indus originates in the __________________.
- 'S'
- Bering Strait
- Pacific
- Baikal Lake, Russia
- Tibetan Plateau
Mark the wrong statements and correct them.
- The Atlantic Ocean lies to the east of the South America.
- The Pacific Ocean is the only ocean to be named after a country.
- The Bay of bengal is a marginal sea.
- The Great Lakes are located in Russia.
- River Rhine has its source in the Ural Mountains.
Place the given names under the correct heading.
Michigan, Aral, Arctic, Onega, Murray, Red, Pacific, Ganga, Chilika, Indian, Mackenzie, Berents
| Ocean | Sea | Lake | River |
| Ocean | Sea | Lake | River |
| Arctic | Red | Michigan | Murray |
| Pacific | Barents | Aral | Ganga |
| Indian | Onega | Mackenzie | |
| Chilika |
What makes up the hydrosphere?
All the water bodies such as oceans, sea, rivers and lakes together make up the hydrosphere.






























































