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geography test
| Defintion | term |
|---|---|
| is the study of earth and ALL ITS VARIETY | geography |
| graphic representation of the earth down to scale | maps |
| used for selective types of demographic or scientific data (theme) | Thematic map |
| representation of features such as rivers, lakes, roads, topography, cities and etc. (R) | Reference map |
| Shows the shape of earths surface (top of surface) | Topographic map |
| Shows lines drawings of ground features. (looking down) | planimetric Map |
| A sphere on which a map is represented | Globe |
| Accurately present the size and shape of the continents | Goodes |
| show lands shape accurately, but not size of distance. It doesn’t show true direction. | Mercator projections |
| shows the size and shape of oceans and continents accurately but distorts the polar regions. | Robinson Projections |
| distance measured in degrees north or south of the equator at 0 degrees latitude. | Latitude |
| distance measured in degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian at 0 degrees longitude. | Longitude |
| group of islands | Archipelago |
| an area of land that is drained by a river and its tributes | Basin |
| a body of water | Bay |
| a deep valley with steep sides, often with a stream flowing through it. | canyon |
| point of land that extends into a river, lake or ocean | Cape |
| a course for a river to flow through | Channel |
| steep, high wall of rock, earth or ice | cliff |
| flat, low-laying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth | Delta |
| stretch of high land that separates river systems. | Divide |
| steep cliff or slope between a higher and lower land surface | Escarpment |
| large, thick body of slowly moving ice | Glacier |
| part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally larger and more deeply indented than a bay | Gulf |
| a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely | Harbor |
| elevated land area such as hill, mountain, or plateau | Hill |
| land area, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water | island |
| narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas | Isthmus |
| a sizable inland body of water | lake |
| broad, flat-topped landform with steep sides; smaller than a plateau | mesa |
| land with steep sides that rises sharply (1000 ft or more) from surrounding land; generally larger and more rugged than a hill | mountain |
| pointed top of a mountain | mountain point |
| place where a stream or river flows into a body of water | mouth (of a river) |
| small area in a desert where water and vegetation are found | oasis |
| one of the four major bodies of salt water that surround the continents | ocean |
| body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water | Peninsula |
| area of level land, usually at low elevation and often covered with grass | plain |
| area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation, about 300 to 3000 ft (90 to 900m) high | plateau |
| a chain of rocks, coral, or sand at or near the surface of the water | reef |
| large natural stream of water that runs through the land | river |
| large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land | sea |
| land lying next to a sea or ocean | seacoast |
| broad inland body of water, often between a coastline and one or more islands off the coast | sound |
| narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water | strait |
| -small River or stream; a branch of the river | Tributary |
| area of low land usually between hills or mountains | valley |
| mountain or hill created as liquid rock and ash erupt from the inside of Earth | valcano |
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