Issue #3 U.S. Geography Vocabulary

What are...things from nature that people can use, such as trees, water, animals, or soil?

• erosion

• natural resources

• plains

What is....a feature of a place's land, water, climate, or plant life?

• physical feature

• climate

• delta

What is....a small river or stream that flows into a larger river?

• geography

• erosion

• tributary

What is...a place with a hot, dry climate?

• climate

• desert

• tributary

What are....a broad area of flat land?

• plains

• estuary

• region

What is...an area in which plants, animals, and nonliving things exist together?

• desert

• geography

• ecosystem

What is...a large area with at least one feature that makes it different from other areas?

• region

• geography

• plains

What is...the slow wearing away of something as the result of exposure to wind and water?

• natural resources

• tributary

• erosion

What is...weather that a place has over a long period of time?

• climate

• desert

• physical feature

What is....an area where salt water meets, or flows into, freshwater?

• erosion

• estuary

• climate