Geography Vocab

a section of the Nile River with rapids and rocky terrain

• waterfall

• delta

• cataract

fan-shaped region created when soil is deposited at the end of a river

• waterfall

• delta

• cataract

An area of high elevation comparing to the surrounding land.

• Hill

• Volcano

• River

• Mountain

What is a "hemisphere"?

• Imaginary lines that run NORTH to SOUTH. They are measured East to West of the Prime Meridian.

• Weather conditions common in an area in general

• A half of a sphere or a half of the earth

• A natural feature of the earth’s surface

body of land surrounded by water on three sides

• Island

• Isthmus

• Peninsula

• Bay

The imaginary line that divides the globe/world into the Northern & Southern Hemispheres.

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Lines of Longitude

• Lines of Latitude

Land surrounded by water on three sides is called?

• Ocean

• Peninsula

• Island

• Lake

Large group or chain of islands

• archipelago

• atoll
  atoll

• fjord

• key

What is a continent?

• a country

• a great big chunk of land

• bodies of water

The place where a particular point or object exists is called a

• Global Positioning System

• location

• culture

• country