1. GEOGRAPHY: Land and Water Vocabulary Sue Pope and Bev McCaskey

2. I CAN STATEMENTS I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies. I can use visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.

3. History Geography Standard Students are to learn the specific vocabulary for land and water forms that comprise the various topography found on Earth

4. LAND TERMS

5. Butte An isolated hill with sloping sides and a flat top

6. Cliff Cliffs of Moher, Ireland A cliff is the area formed when the land abruptly falls away

7. Basin A region drained by a river system

8. Biome A plant an animal community that covers a large area of the earth’s surface

9. Tundra A vast, treeless Arctic region with permafrost and small, low plants

10. Plateau/ mesa A plateau or mesa is characterized by steep rocky sides and a flat top similar to a table

11. Prairie A large area of tall, wet, treeless grassland on fertile soil

12. Crater A cavity at the mouth of a volcano

13. Plain A plain is known for being a flat land with few hills and no mountains

14. Levee Banks of the earth intended to prevent an area from being flooded

15. Archipelago A large group of closely scattered islands

16. Ice cap An extensive, permanent, usually level cover of ice and snow

17. Valley A valley is the sheltered area between hills or mountains It may be wide or narrow

18. Savanna A large grassland with few scattered trees and shrubs

19. WATER TERMS

20. Lock A portion of a waterway enclosed with gates to raise or lower water level

21. Caldera A large crater formed by volcanic explosion or by collapse of a volcanic one Mount Pinatubo, Philippines

22. Cape A point of land that projects into water Cape Cod

23. Dam A dam is an artificial barrier used to block a river

24. Spring A natural flow of water that wells up from the ground

25. Isthmus An Isthmus is a narrow strip of land that joins two larger bodies of land together

26. Oasis An oasis is an area that has water in the midst of a desert

27. Gulf A deep ocean inlet with a narrow mouth

28. Reef A reef is formed from coral or rocks It is home to many plants and shellfish

29. Reef Some islands were first reefs that over the centuries rose above the level of the sea An atoll is an island formed from coral As soil accumulated, migrating birds dropped plants and small animals on the island

30. Seamount A submarine mountain

31. Glacier A glacier is a sheet of ice that expands and contracts over land At the coast, a glacier may break off a huge chuck of ice – This is known as calving

32. Loch A deep, long lake created by sheet glaciers

33. Geyser A natural hot spring that intermittently ejects steam and hot water into the air

34. Atoll A ring-shaped island formed by coral buildup on the rim of an underwater volcano

35. Iceberg An iceberg is formed when a glacier calves The iceberg then floats in the ocean

36. Reservoir A reservoir is a man-made lake. It is primarily used for drinking and irrigation water.

37. Oxbox A U-shaped bend in a river

38. Fjord A long, narrow, often deep sea inlet with steep cliffs

39. Strait A strait is a narrow shipping lane caused by nature The strait of Gibraltar separates the continent of Europe from the continent of Africa

40. Tributary Tributaries are the arms of the river. They drain the land of excess water. The water flows to the main river on the continent which carries it to the ocean.

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