A landform rising high above the ground

mountain

A deep valley with high, steep sides

canyon

A wide, flat area.

plain

A flat land that is higher than the land around it

plateau

A large body of salt water

ocean

A small river or stream

tributary

A body of water surrounded by land

lake

A natural body of moving water

river

The mass of land that forms at the mouth of a river

delta

a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.

bay

an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.

canal

a region so dry because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all

desert

mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly

glacier

a portion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land.

gulf

a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.

island

tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent

isthmus

the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks

Mountain pass

Where the river meets the ocean

mouth

a series of more or less connected mountains ranged in a line.

Mountain range

an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.

peninsula

A level, mostly treeless tract of land characterized by a highly fertile soil and originally covered with coarse grasses.

prairie

a vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc a vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc., are expelled, either continuously or at irregular intervals.

volcano

North, south, east, west

Cardinal directions

Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest, etc

Intermediate directions

explanatory table of symbols used on a map or chart; also called map legend

key

Designing something in portion to a standard measurement; ie: 1 inch = 1 mile

scale

Map that shows the transition of a political map over time

Historical map

A map that shows the entire globe A map that shows the entire globe. It changes the spherical image into a cylindrical one.

Mercator

Map that shows the altitude in colors

Physical map

Map that shows the boundaries of states or nations

Political map

Map that you can touch to find the altitude

relief

Map that shows the major interstates and highways

Road Map

the great circle on a planet whose plane is perpendicular to the axis, equidistant everywhere from the two poles of the planet

equator

Half of the globe

hemisphere

angular distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured by the angle between the meridian of a particular place

longitude

the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measured on the meridian of the point.

latitude

the longitude running through Greenwich, England, from which longitude east and west is determined.

Prime meridian