Physical Geography Vocabulary

What are the names of the season in tropics?

Mountain peaks are

Plants or another name for plant life in an area is called

______________ is land used for farming. 

a slow moving giant sheet of ice or a giant block of ice is a ______________

When water falls from the clouds; often as rain, snow or hail it is 

This is a continuous belt of coniferous forest

The single greatest determining factor on the type of climate in a region.

________________________ is precipitation carrying pollution from the earth's surface

This is an example of a

This is a large, flat area of land with grass and very few trees found in Eastern Europe/Asia

In what latitude would you find tropical wet, tropical wet and dry, arid, and highland climates

Arid land that usually has sparse vegetation is called a

This is an example of a 

What do the bars in a climograph represent?

This is an example of a 

The process where fertile land turns into desert

in what latitude would you find sub arctic, tundra, and ice cap climates?

This is an example of a 

This is an example of a 

This is an example of a 

Similar patterns of temperature and precipitation are called

This is an example of 

an intense storm that brings heavy rains and winds that occur near the Atlantic Ocean is a 

a large wave that occurs after an under water earth quake is