Geography Vocabulary
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| show | A group or chain of islands clustered together in a sea or ocean.
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| show | Local weather conditions of an area like temperature, precipitation, humidity, sunshine, wind, and other conditions.
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| show | The geographic characteristics that surround and affect the way people live.
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| show | An area where coniferous and deciduous trees are the most dominant plant.
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| Define: Deciduous Trees | show 🗑
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| show | Include trees that have pinecones such as fir and spruce
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| show | The natural environment of a place. It includes its physical features (landforms, bodies of water), weather, climate, vegetation, and animal life.
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| Define: Grasslands | show 🗑
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| show | A large body of water that cuts deep into the land.
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| show | Half of the globe of the earth (northern, southern, eastern, western).
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| show | A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses. An isthmus has water on two sides.
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| show | Imaginary lines on a map or globe that measure distance north and south of the Equator and distance east and west of the Prime Meridian.
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| show | Southern part of North America extending from Mexico to northwestern Columbia
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| show | A landform that is very high and steep. They are usually wide at the bottom and rise to a narrow peak or ridge.
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| Define: North America | show 🗑
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| Define: Ocean | show 🗑
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| show | A map that shows landforms.
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| Define: Plains | show 🗑
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| Define: Plateau | show 🗑
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| Define: Political Map | show 🗑
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| show | The line of longitude that forms the South Pole to the North Pole measured in degrees. It divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
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| show | A dense, either tropical or temperature forest, that receives lots of rain year round.
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| show | A broad geographic area.
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| Define: South America | show 🗑
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| show | The area on the earth between the 23 1/2 degrees N and 23 1/2 degrees S lines of latitude, where the climate is almost always hot.
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| show | A cold, dry region covered with snow for more than half the year; vast treeless plain where the subsoil is always frozen.
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| Define: Vegetation | show 🗑
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| Define: Equator | show 🗑
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