geography definitions
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Geography Definitions
By Sarah Cu
Mountain Range
A series of mountain ridges alike in form, direction, and origin.
Lake A large inland
body of fresh water or salt water.
Dune
A hill or ridge of wind-blown sand.
Beach
The shore of a body of water, especially when
sandy or pebbly.
Desert
A dry, often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures,
and sparse vegetation.
Tundra A treeless area between the icecap
and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation.
Reef A strip or ridge of rocks, sand, or coral
that rises to or near the surface of a body of water.
Atoll A ring like coral
island and reef that nearly or entirely encloses a lagoon.
Ocean The entire body of salt water that
covers more than 70 percent of the earth's surface.
Prairie An extensive area of flat or rolling,
predominantly treeless grassland, especially the large tract or plain of central North America.
Hill A well-defined natural elevation smaller
than a mountain.
Reservoir An artificial lake, used to store
water for various uses.
Wetland A usually low-lying area of soft
waterlogged ground and standing water
Rural Of, relating to, or characteristic of the
country
Escarpment A steep slope or long cliff that results
from erosion or faulting and separates two relatively level areas of differing elevations.
Bay
A bay is a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
River A large natural stream of water
emptying into an ocean, lake, or other body of water and usually fed along its course by converging tributaries.
Fault A fractured surface in the earth's crust
along which rocks have travelled relative to each other.
Canal An artificial waterway or artificially
improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
Cliff A steep rock face, usually facing the
sea.
Mouth (of river) The end of a
river out of which water flows.
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