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Geography & Maps
Vocabullary
Term | Definition |
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mountain | high rocky land with steep sides |
lake | body of water surrounded by land |
river | large stream of water that runs through the land into another body of water |
coast | land at edge of an ocean |
canyon | deep narrow valley with steep sides |
desert | sandy or rocky land in dry area |
plateau | a flat highland |
scale | measures distances on map |
compass rose | map symbol showing the directions north, south, east, west |
plain | a area of flat grassy land |
lines of longitude | map lines that go from North Pole to the South Pole. They locate places east and west of 0 degree longitude |
lines of latitude | map lines used to locate places north and south of the equator |
continent | one of 7 very large areas of land on Earth |
ocean | a very large body of water |
equator | an imaginary line around the middle of earth |