TOG Year 1 Wk 1 - UG & D Geography vocab with images
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the line that circles the Earth halfway between the North and South Poles. It is also the line of zero latitude. - equator
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the angular distance east or west of the prime meridian (the north-south line that passes through Greenwich, England) to a particular location. - longitude
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the angular distance north or south from the equator to a particular location. The equator has a latitude of zero degrees. - latitude
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a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses and bordered on its long sides by water - isthmus
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a plateau with a flat top and steep sides, found in the southwestern United States and Mexico - mesa
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a narrow channel of water between two larger bodies - strait
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1. the wide part of a river's lower end, where it meets the tides of the sea.
2. an inlet of the sea that meets a river's lower end. - estuary
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1. a large body of water containing many islands.
2. a group of islands. - archipelago
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a very large accumulation of ice formed in cold regions from compacted snow and then moving very slowly into warmer regions - glacier
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a region at or near the base of a mountain or mountain range - piedmont
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a geographical line connecting the waterfalls of parallel rivers that indicates a drop in land level - fall line
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a steep ditch or gully, usually dry, carved in a plain or desert by drainage of heavy rainfall - arroyo
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a deep fissure or cleft in the earth's surface; gorge - chasm
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a place where water is collected and stored, especially to supply a community or for agricultural purposes - reservoir
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a steep cliff - precipice
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a large waterfall - cataracts
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a long, narrow ocean inlet that passes between high and rocky banks or steep cliffs - fiord or fjord