Geographical Features (Descriptions)

The 4 directions in between the cardinal directions

Soil left at the mouth of a river

A narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water

Low, flat lands

The average number of persons living on each square mile or kilometer of land

Tells what the symbols on a map mean

High, flat land

A part of the ocean surrounded by land on 3 sides

Streams that carry fresh water, to the ocean

A line dividing countries, states, etc.

Shaped like a ball

What island people call the continent

Used to measure temperature

Similar in shape to mountains, but they are smaller

A group of islands

Measures precipitation in inches or centimeters

An imaginary line from the North Pole to the South Pole on which the world rotates

The height above sea level of a land surface

Bodies of fresh water, surrounded by land

An imaginary line drawn halfway between the North & South Poles, dividing the world in half

Half of a sphere

Mountains made of lava (melted rock) and ash

Land surrounded by water on 3 sides

Way of measuring temperature; 0 = Freezing, 100 = Boiling

Land surrounded by water

A large body of salt water, smaller than an ocean

Meridians running north and south that measure east and west, starting at the Prime Meridian

A narrow piece of land connecting two larger pieces of land

A picture/drawing that represents something on a map

The spinning movement of the Earth

Parallel lines running east and west that measure north and south, starting at the equator

Water that falls from the sky in any form

Familiar things and places

A map that shows natural features (mountains, lakes, rivers)

A drawing which shows cardinal and intermediate directions

In 1912, German scientist, Alfred Wegener, said the continents are moving. (Pangaea)

The weather of an area over a period of many years

A map that shows man-made features: capitals, cities, states, boundaries

Highest, roughest landforms

The things a country sells to other countries

The 7 largest land masses

The 4 largest bodies of salt water

An instrument that always points north; shows directions

Lines that never cross; equal distance always

All the water on the earth is constantly recycled

(US) way to measure temperature; 32 = freezing, 212 = boiling

The Earth's movement around the sun

Tells what real distance would be, on a map

The 4 most important directions

Lines of longitude; meet/come together at the North & South Poles; 0-180

Like a gulf, but smaller. Part of the ocean surrounded by land on 3 sides

The things a country buys from other countries

The plants that grow in a particular place without being planted there by people