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B2 Vocabulary in Use
Physical geography
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| countries which are in a plural form | yes; the Philippines |
| individual mountains | no |
| mountains in the Bernese Oberland | yes; the Jungfrau |
| mountain chains | yes; the Himalayas |
| islands | no; Sicily |
| groups of islands | yes; the West Indies |
| rivers/oceans/sees | yes; the Dnipro, the Pacific, the Mediterranean |
| gulfs/bays/straits | yes; the Gulf of Mexico, the Bay of Biscay, the Strait of Malacca |
| lakes | no |
| currents; Strong currents can be very dangerous for swimmers | yes; a continuous movement of water in a river, lake, or sea; the Gulf Stream |
| Iceland | An island republic in the North Atlantic |
| consists largely of barren plains and mountains | flat land where little grows |
| active volcanoes | volcanoes that still erupt |
| known for its thermal springs | hot |
| known for geysers | hole in the ground that sends out hot water and steam |
| suitable for growing crops | food that is grown |
| the nation’s economy is based on | ____ is based on |
| cape | 1.a long loose piece of clothing without sleeves that fastens around your neck and hangs from your shoulders; 2.a large piece of land surrounded on three sides by water |
| high/low cliff | a large area of rock or a mountain with a very steep side, often at the edge of the sea or a river |
| bay; a house with a view across the bay | a part of the sea that is partly enclosed by a curve in the land |
| peninsula | Crimea |
| coast, shore, beach | the land along the edge of a large area of water such as an ocean or lake |
| wide/broad/narrow valley | an area of lower land between two lines of hills or mountains, usually with a river flowing through it |
| gorge | valley with very steep sides |
| feel your gorge rise | B.E. to feel very sick or angry, especially when you see or smell something very unpleasant |
| stream | small river |
| We made our way carefully along the ridge | a long area of high land, especially at the top of a mountain |
| summit of (syn. peak) | the top of a mountain |
| glacier | a large mass of ice which moves slowly down a mountain valley; river of ice |
| source | the place where a stream or river starts |
| tributary | a stream or river that flows into a larger river |
| mouth | the part of a river where it joins the sea |
| delta | an area of low land where a river spreads into many smaller rivers near the sea |
| estuary | the wide part of a river where it goes into the sea |
| stick out | if something sticks out, you notice it because part of it comes out further than the rest of a surface |
| densely forested | made of or containing a lot of things or people that are very close together |
| basin of River Amazon | an area of land that is lower at the centre than at the edges, especially one from which water runs down into a river |
| a steep hill | a road, hill etc that is steep slopes at a high angle |
| a shallow river | measuring only a short distance from the top to the bottom |
| turbulent | air or water moves around a lot |
Created by:
Anastasia Kudriashova
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