Can You Score 10/10 on This Geography Terms Quiz?

Did you know? Our world is a big mind-boggling place and it has so many mind-blowing geographical features that nobody knows about. There are so many geography terms beginning with alphabets A-Z and among them did you know what are some geographical terms starting with S? Play our geography terms quiz to discover them. 

Geography Terms Beginning with S

• Saddle

The saddle is the region surrounding the elevational low point or the ridge connecting the two summits. 

• Salt Pan

A salt pan is considered as a large, flat surface of land naturally covered with salt or other minerals. Salt pans are commonly found in deserts, where they form dissolved mineral solids as a large body of water evaporates.

• Scarp

A scarp is a steep cliff or steep slope, formed because of faulting or by the erosion of inclined rocks.

• Sea Mount

A mountain or volcano rising from the ocean floor whose summit does not reach the water’s surface.

• Seismograph

Seismograph is a scientific instrument that detects and records vibrations (seismic waves) produced by earthquakes.

• Serac

Serac is a large block of glacial ice formed by the intersection of numerous crevasses where the glacier fragments as it reaches a steep slope. They are usually found in icefalls, especially in mountainous terrain.

• Shield

A broad area of old rocks above sea level that is usually characterized by thin, poor soils and low population densities.

• Shoal

Shoal is a naturally submerged ridge, bank, that is covered by sand or other material. It usually rises from the bed of a body of water that is just below or above the surface.

• Slough

Slough is considered as a type of wetland that is usually a swamp or a shallow lake. In which water tends to be stagnant or flows very slowly on a seasonal basis.

• Soil Horizon

Soil Horizon is a distinct layer of soil encountered in the vertical section.

• Spur

A lateral ridge or other landform that forms on the the side of a hill and a mountain. It is typically surrounded on at least three sides by steep hillsides.

• Snowline

Snowline is the lowest elevation at which snow remains for years and does not melt even during the summer.