The surroundings in which people, plants, and animals live.

Next to each other

An area in which many features are similar.

Lines on a map or globe that run east and west; also called parallels

A group of connected mountains.

The land drained by a river system.

One of Earth's seven largest land masses.

Any area of water extending into the land from a larger body of water.

A region that has similar landforms throughout.

An area of flat or rolling land covered mostly by grasses.

The exact location of a place

A large inlet.

The gradual wearing away of the Earth's surface.

The position of one place compared to other places.

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

Lines on a map or globe that run north and south; also called meridians.

A river and its tributaries.

The number of people who live in an area.

A long inlet that separates offshore islands from the mainland.

The kind of weather a place has over a long time.