basic geography vocabulary – Flashcards
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| archipelago |
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islands clustered together[image] |
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| arctic circle |
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| an imaginary line about 66o north of the equator. north of this line its very cold[image] |
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| atoll |
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| coral reef enclosing a lagoon[image] |
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| bay |
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| area of an ocean, sea, lake, etc., that extends into the land. bays are usally smaller than gulfs.[image] |
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| canyon |
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| deep, narrow, steep-sided valley often with a river on its floor |
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| cape |
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| piece of land extending beyond the rest of the shoreline in the ocean.[image] |
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| climate |
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| all of the weather that occours in an area over a long period of time. usally described as a mix of tempature and precipitation. |
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| continent |
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| huge land mass. there are seven continients. |
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| country |
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| any independent nation with a name and a boundary. |
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| delta |
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| triangular-shaped area of small islands that divide a river into smaller parts at its mouth |
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| desert |
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| dry area tht recives such a sml amount of precip tht little or no plant animals life can survive there permemtly. deserts are either hot or cold |
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| equator |
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| imaginary line that circles the earth halfway b-tween poles. |
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| geography |
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| study of the features of the earth and of the places where plants n animals live n how they affect n r affected by their enviorments. |
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| glaicer |
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| huge mass of slowly moving ice |
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| gulf |
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| lage part of an ocean tht extends into land |
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| hemisphere |
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| half of the earth. when divided @ equ the 2 1/2s r the n n s hempsphere. wen divided from pole 2 pole the 2 1/2s r the ea n we hempsphere |
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| hill |
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| land tht rises 2 a summit no more than 1000 ft above the surrounding area |
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| island |
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| land completely surrounded by water |
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| isthmus |
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| narrow neck of land connecting 2 lgr areas of land |
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| lake |
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| a body of water surrounded by land |
