Maryland Physical Geography Terms

the study of everything on Earth's surface

• environment

• geography

• climate

• plateau

natural surroundings like air , land, water, and plants

• climate

• environment

• regions

• landform

a large, flat, raised area of land

• hill

• region

• mountain

• plateau

the kind of weather a place usually has from year to year

• climate

• weather

• plateau

• temperature

an area that has features that make if different

• landform

• mountain

• region

• valley

large areas of flat land

• hills

• mountains

• valleys

• plains

high, pointed hills

• valleys

• mountains

• valleys

• hills

low areas between mountains

• valleys

• hills

• plateaus

• mountains

a place where the land suddenly changes from high to low

• plateau

• fall line

• mountain

• hill

high, rounded landforms

• hills

• valleys

• mountains

• plateaus