Tundra | | Highest point on a mountain ar hill |
Elevation | | Narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water |
Plateau | | Huge area of salt water. Four of them cover 3/4 of the earth |
Penninsula | | Triangular-shaped area of small islands of sediment that divide a river into smaller parts at its mouth |
Island | | Large amount of flowing fresh water |
Cape | | One half of the earth |
Temperate | | An elevated, level expanse of land; a tableland |
Mouth | | One of the seven principle land masses on earth |
Prime Meridian | | Treeless plain close to or above the Artic Circle |
Poles | | 0 degrees longitude |
Compass Rose | | Piece of land extrending beyond the rest of the shoreline |
Archipelago | | Deep, narrow, steep-sided valley, often with a river on its floor |
Canal | | Dry area that recieves such a small amount of water that no plants or animals can survive |
Hemisphere | | Northern and Southern most points on the earth |
Geography | | Dry area of flat rolling land that supports grasses but few trees. Located in tropical or subtropical areas |
Tributary | | Relatively large body of salt water enclosed or partally enclsoed by land |
Climate | | Body of water surronded by land, usually fresh water |
Sea | | Area that is wet year round |
Swamp | | SIgnificant natural elevation of the earth's surface, usually have steep sides |
Gulf | | All the weather that occurs in an area ove ra long period of time |
Glacier | | Charcterized as an area having four seasons |
Equator | | Large portion of the earth's surface united by physical or human characteristics such as language, culture, economic activity, or political system |
Latitude | | The lower end of a river where it flows into another body of water |
Delta | | Area of land surronded by water on three of its four sides |
Basin | | Huge mass of slowly moving ice |
Summit | | Large area of a sea or ocean partially enclosed by land |
Canyon | | Large area of flat or gently rolling, treeless land |
Lake | | Imaginary line that circles the Earth between the poles |
Continent` | | Study of the features of the earth |
Isthmus | | Man-made waterway |
Mountain | | Body of water partially enclosed by land with a mouth accesible to a larger body of water |
Longitude | | These lines indicate the distance east/west of the Prime Meridian |
Ocean | | Stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river |
Region | | Distance above sea-level |
Desert | | These lines indicate the distance north/south of the Equator |
Bay | | Shows direction on a map |
Savanna | | String of islands clustered together |
River | | Narrow neck of land conecting two larger areas of land |
Strait | | Area that is drained by a river system |
Plain | | Land completely surronded by water |