Question | Answer |
Bay | an extension of a sea or ocean into the land |
Canal | an artificial waterway |
Cape | a point of land projecting into a sea or an ocean |
Desert | an arid region that receives little precipitation |
Glacier | a huge mass of ice originating from a compacted snow |
Isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses |
Legend | a series of symbols and their meanings describing features of a map |
Peninsula | a long projection of land into water,connected to the mainland by an isthmus |
Butte | an isolated hill or small mountain with steep sides and a flat top |
Degree | a measure of distance equal to 1/360th of the circumference of the earth |
Gulf | a large part of an ocean that extends into the land |
Latitude | a measurement of distance north or south of the equator expressd as degrees the equator is 0 latitude |
Longitude | a measurement of distance east or west of an imaginary line running through Greenwich, England, expressed as degree Greenwich is 0 longitude |
Minute | a measurement of distance equal to 1/60th of a degree; one degree equals 60 minutes |
Prairie | a large, level tract of grassland |
Rapids | usually a shallow part of an river with a fast current |
River delta | a wide,alluvial mouth of a river |
Swamp | a wet,spongy land sometimes partially underwater |