Virginia Studies vocabulary chapter 1-3

A way to describe where something is by using words such as next to, across from, north of, near, bordering.

• relative location

• location

• direction

An edge of boundary line

• border

• fence

• boundary

A line marking the limits of area

• boundary

• fence

• border

Areas of the Earth with similar issues

• regions

• border

• acres

Low-lying coastal lands drained by tidal streams

• Tidewater

• beaches

• sandy areas

Twice daily rise and fall of the ocean that is caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun

• tides

• waves

• rivers

The natural border between the Coastal Plain(Tidewater) and the Piedmont regions, where waterfalls prevent further travel on the river

• the Fall Line

• ridges

• lines of mountains

A place where something begins

• source

• start

• beginning

The part of the river that meets the sea, where fresh river water and ocean saltwater mix

• estuary

• source

• river bank

areas that are raised up

• elevations

• hills

• mountains