1. GEOGRAPHY TERMS
Go through the slides and write down the definition of all the words on the note sheets I have given you.
Mr. Zepeda Pine Middle School

2. CONTINENT
LARGE LAND MASS ON EARTH

3. OCEAN
ONE OF THE LARGE BODIES OF SALT WATER

4. BAY
BODY OF H20
PARTLY ENCLOSED BY LAND

5. SEA
LARGE BODY OF H20 ALMOST ENTIRELY ENCLOSED BY LAND

6. STRAIT NARROW PASSAGE OF H20 CONNECTING 2 LARGER BODIES OF WATER
Mediterranean Sea
STRAIT
Atlantic Ocean
NARROW PASSAGE OF H20 CONNECTING 2 LARGER BODIES
OF WATER

7. TRIBUTARY STREAM FLOWING INTO LARGER STREAM OR RIVER
(Think of branches on a tree.
Tree trunk = River, Branches = stream

8. DELTA
TRIANGULAR-SHAPED, SILT
DEPOSIT AT MOUTH OF
THE RIVER

9. LAKE
SIZABLE INLAND BODY OF WATER

10. LAGOON BODY OF SHALLOW H20 USUALLY CONNECTED TO
A LARGER LAKE OR THE SEA

11. CATARACT
LARGE WATERFALL or SERIES OF SMALL
WATERFALLS IN A ROW

12. FJORD
LONG, NARROW ARM OF SEA
RUNNING BETWEEN HIGH, ROCKY CLIFFS

13. CAPE
POINT OF LAND EXTENDING INTO SEA OR LAKE

14. SOUND
LONG AND NARROW BODY OF H20 (BIGGER THAN STRAIT)CONNECTING LARGER BODIES OF H20

15. PENINSULA
PIECE OF LAND ALMOST SURROUNDED
BY WATER

16. ISTHMUS
PIECE OF LAND CONNECTING 2 LARGER PIECES
OF LAND

17. PLATEAU
LARGE AREA OF ELEVATED FLAT LAND

18. MESA HIGH, BROAD, FLAT LAND USUALLY WITH SHARP,
ROCKY SLOPES DESCENDING TO THE PLAIN

19. ATOLL
RING-SHAPED CORAL ISLAND, ALMOST COMPLETELY
ENCLOSING A LAGOON

20. ARCHIPELAGO
SEA WITH MANY ISLANDS OR THE ISLANDS
THEMSELVES

21. TUNDRA
TREELESS, OFTEN FROZEN, ARCTIC PLAIN

22. SAVANNA LARGE AREA OF TROPICAL GRASSLAND, COVERED
IN PART WITH TREES AND SPINY SHRUBS

23. ESTUARY INLET OF SEA WHERE FRESH WATER FROM RIVERS
AND SALT WATER FROM SEA MIX

24. ICEBERG
THICK MASS OF ICE,USUALLY FROM A GLACIER,
FLOATING IN THE SEA

25. OASIS
AN AREA IN THE DESERT MADE FERTILE WITH
WATER

26. GEYSER NATURAL HOT SPRING FROM WHICH STEAM, WATER, OR
MUD SHOOT INTO THE AIR

27. RIVER
LARGE, NATURAL STREAM OF H20 FLOWING INTO
LARGER BODY OF WATER

28. CONTINENTAL DIVIDE GREAT RIDGE OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN SUMMITS
SEPARATING WEST-FLOWING STREAMS FROM
EAST-FLOWING STREAMS

29. LATITUDE DISTANCE ON THE EARTH’S SURFACE MEASURED
NORTH OR SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR

30. LONGITUDE DISTANCE ON EARTH’S SURFACE MEASURED
EAST OR WEST OF THE PRIME MERIDIAN

31. TROPIC OF CANCER LINE OF LATITUDE IN THE TROPICS AT ABOUT 23
DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR

32. TROPIC OF CAPRICORN LINE OF LATITUDE IN THE TROPICS AT ABOUT 23
DEGREES SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR

33. EQUATOR LINE OF LATITUDE (0 DEGREES) WHICH IS THE SAME
DISTANCE FROM BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH POLES

34. PRIME MERIDIAN THE LINE OF LONGITUDE (0 DEGREES) FROM WHICH
LONGITUDE IS MEASURED. IT PASSES THROUGH
GREENWICH, ENGLAND

35. CHANNEL A deep strait: It is safe enough for ships to travel
because it is very deep.

36. GLACIER A LARGE MASS OF ICE THAT MOVES SLOWLY DOWN
A MOUNTAIN OR A VALLEY