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Geography & Maps
Vocabullary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |