Coldiron SS Unit 2 US Spatial Terms Vocab Part 1

a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river

• coastal plain

• desert

• tributary

an imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres

• equator

• Prime Meridian

• relative location

one of the 5 themes of geography - tells where a place is

• place

• location

• half of the earth

an area of flat land with a higher elevation

• plateau

• coastal plain

• mountain range

part of an ocean partially surrounded by land

• plain

• river system

• gulf

lines that define the border of a state or country

• political boundaries

• prime meridian

• hemisphere

a low area surrounded by higher land

• vegetation

• plateau

• basin

a series of connected mountains

• continent

• mountain range

• plain

a dry region with very little rainfall

• desert

• gulf

• river system

an imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

• equator

• absolute location

• landforms