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Topic Geography VocabularyBasin
Bay
Canyon
Cape
Channel
Cliff
Continent
Delta
Divide
An area of land surrounded by higher elevation land.
Extends into a shoreline, smaller than a gulf.
Deep valley, steep side, cut by river
Point of land that extends into a river lake or ocean. Smaller then a peninsula.
Wide strait or waterway between two land masses.
Steep high wall of rock, earth, or ice.
One of 7 large land masses
Flat, low lying land created by river deposits at the mouth of the river.
High land that separates rivers.
Downstream
Elevation
Equator
Glacier
Gulf
Harbor
Highland
Hill
River flows from source (mtn.) to mouth.
Height of land above sea level.
Imaginary line through the center of the Earth, half way between the N. and S. Poles
Large, thick body of slow moving ice.
Extends into a shoreline and is usually larger and deeper than a bay.
Sheltered place along the shoreline where ships can anchor. It’s deep.
Elevated land such as hills, mountains, and plateaus.
Elevated land with sloping sides, smaller than a mountain.
Island
*Isthmus*
Lake
Latitude
Longitude
Lowland
Map
Land completely surrounded by water, smaller than a continent.
Narrow stretch of land connecting two larger lands. (Panama)
Sizeable inland water.
Distance north and south measured in degrees (horizontal------)
Distance east and west measured in degrees (vertical^)
Land usually level and at low elevations.
Drawing of Earth’s surface
Meridian
Mesa
Mountain
Mountain Peak
Mountain Range
Mouth
Ocean
Longitude lines. N. and S. Poles
Smaller than a plateau, but has a flat top and steep sides. (cowboy movies)
Land with steep sides 1,000 feet or more above surrounding areas.
Pointed top of a mountain.
A series of connected mountains.
Where a stream or river meets a larger water source.
One of four major bodies of salt water, surrounding continents.
Ocean Current
Parallel
Peninsula
Physical Features
Plain
Plateau
Prime Meridian
Rivers of cold or warm water that moves fast within the oceans (Finding Nemo).
Latitude lines, they never touch
Body of land jutting out into a lake or ocean, surrounded by water on three sides.
Characteristics of land (What is here naturally)
Area of lowland, usually at low elevations, and usually covered by grass.
Area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation, usually 300 to 3000 feet high
0 Degrees Longitude cuts through Greenwich, England.
Relief
River
Sea
Seacoast
Sound
Source
Strait
Change in elevation.
Large natural occurring streams that runs through land.
Large body of water completely or partially surrounded by land.
Land lying next to a sea or ocean
Broad inland body of water, often between the coastline and one or more islands.
A place where river or streams begin usually highlands.
Narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water.
Tributary
Upstream
Valley
Volcano
Various Maps
Small rivers or streams that flow into a larger river or stream (Branches of a river)
The source of the river down to the lower areas.
Area of low land usually between hills or mountains.
Mountains or hills created a liquid rock and ash that erupts inside the earth.
Types of mapsWinkel Tripel Projection
Robinson Projection
Parts of Maps
Goode’s Interrupted Equal-Area Projection
Mercator Projection
1. Title2. Compass Rose Cardinal Directions: N,S,E,W Intermediate Directions: NE, NW, SE, SW
3. Key/Legend: Explains information on map.
4. Scale
5. Grid system
Types of Maps Physical Maps: Physical features of land
Political Maps: Shows boundaries between countries & human made features.
Special-Purpose Maps:1. Population Density
2. Economic Activity: How countries make money. Inds. & Agriculture
3. Climate
4. Vegetation
Graphs Charts, and Diagrams
5. Elevation: Land (Ht) and water (Depth)
Line Graph: Two variables changing
Bar Graph: Comparisons
Circle Graph: Parts of the whole
Chart & Table: Organized row and columns.
Diagrams: What it is or how it’s done.
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