Magazine 3 Vocabulary Words

The study of the Earth's surface and the ways people use it.

• Meteorology
• Anthropology
• Geology
• Geography

A place with a hot, dry climate.

• Desert
• Savanna
• Tundra
• Rainforest

A landform with steep sides and a flat top.

• Mountain
• Valley
• Plateau
• Hill

A broad area of flat land.

• plateau
• hill
• plain
• valley

A lowland that lies between hills or mountains.

• plateau
• hill
• valley
• ridge

A small river or stream that flows into a larger river.

• tributary
• estuary
• delta
• brook

The slow wearing away of something as the result of exposure to wind and water.

• Deposition
• Sedimentation
• Weathering
• Erosion

The area where a river flows into a sea or ocean.

• Delta
• Cove
• Inlet
• Estuary

The conditions outside, such as how hot, cold, rainy, snowy or windy it is on a given day.

• Climate patterns
• Weather

• Seasonal changes
• Atmospheric pressure

A large area with at least one feature that makes it different from other areas.

• City
• Region
• Country
• Continent