Basic Geography Vocab

Arctic Circle

• Imaginary line about 66 degrees South of the Equator

• Imaginary line about 66 degrees North of the Equator

• Imaginary line about 66 degrees West of the Equator

• Imaginary line about 66 degrees East of the Equator

Basin

• The base of a mountain

• The name for an old bath tub

• Islands clustered together

• Area of land lower then the surrounding land.

Bay

• Area of an ocean that extends into the land.

• Area of land that extends into the ocean.

Canyon

• Short, wide, low-sided valley

• Deep, narrow, high-sided valley

• Long, level, flat-sided valley

• Shallow, uneven, smooth-sided valley

Cape

• What superheroes wear

• Land in the shape of a cape that is worn

• Water that is trapped by land on all 4 sides

• Land extending beyond the the rest of the shoreline into the ocean.

Climate

• Migratory geese patterns

• Another name for the First Nations People

• Weather that occurs in an area over time

• Travel patterns for indigenous people.

Continent

• Alaska

• Huge mountain mass

• Huge water mass

• Huge land mass

Country

• Independent nation with a name and boundary

• Independent nation that has a president

• Alaska and Brazil

• Texas and Mexico

Desert

• You eat this after your main course at dinner

• Dry area that has lots of animal and plant life

• Dry area that receives a very little amount of precipitation

Equator

• Imaginary line that runs east to west around the globe

• Imaginary line that runs north to south around the globe