Unit 1 vocabulary A World Geography

Overall weather in an area over a long period of time

• climate
• weather
• rainfall

height above sea level

• Elevation
• latitude
• ocean current

a movement of ocean water that follows a regular pattern

• ocean currents
• salinity
• rain shadow

A force that is the result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area.

• air pressure
• region
• longitude

Block many air currents and clouds that lead to dry desert like areas on the base of some mountains.

• Mountain Barriers
• hemisphere
• elevation

A dry area on the downwind side of a mountain.

• rain shadow
• equator
• Prime Meridian

An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features.

• region
• Biome
• Elevation

Lines that go around the globe side to side. Distance north or south of the equator

• Latitude
• Air pressure
• Equator

Lines that go around the globe up and down. Distance east or west of the prime meridian

• Longitude
• Prime meridian
• Latitude

An imaginary circle around the middle of the earth halfway between the North pole and the South pole

• Equator
• Hemisphere
• Tropic of Cancer