This geography word search is a vocabulary review in disguise. Its 45 words cover landforms (canyon, plateau, peninsula), bodies of water (estuary, strait, fjord) and the language of maps: latitude, longitude, the equator and the meridian.
Solve it and the spare letters answer a riddle about where fish keep their money. Words go across, down and diagonally but never backwards, a good level for grades 3 to 5. Use it as a warm-up before a map lesson or as review before a unit test.
Each image opens a PDF: the puzzle first, the answer key second.
Geography Word Search in Color
Black and White Geography Word Search
The black and white copy is the one to run through the photocopier for a whole class.
Answer Key
For checking work quickly: every word circled, and the riddle’s answer spelled out.
The 45 Geography Words
Canyon, Tundra, Border, Equator, Peninsula, Peak, Archipelago, Bay, Plain, Meridian, Prairie, Estuary, Lake, River, Hemisphere, Sea, Tropics, Harbor, Cape, Forest, Latitude, Hill, Plateau, Atlas, Fjord, Map, Valley, Savanna, Glacier, Mountain, Volcano, Climate, Landform, Coast, Topography, Longitude, Compass, Globe, Reef, Island, Capital, Strait, Desert, Continent, Delta
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