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.