1. 6th Grade Social Studies Let’s Explore Australia
Geography Vocabulary
6th Grade Social Studies
Let’s Explore Australia

2. archipelago
A group of islands

3. cape
A piece of land extending into a piece of water

4. canyon
A deep gorge, typically with a river flowing through it

5. butte
an isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top 

6. isthmus
a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.

7. strait
a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two large areas of water.

8. Compass rose
a circle showing the principal directions printed on a map or chart.

9. bay
a broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inward.

10. longitude
distance in degrees east or west of the 
prime meridian at 0°

11. latitude the distance north or south from the
 equator of a point on the earth's surface

12. Physical map
indicates the location of landforms like deserts, mountains and plains

13. Political map
designed to show governmental boundaries of countries, states and counties