Geography Terms Flashcards

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What is the height of something above the ground?

Height

Altitude level

Altitude (correct)

Elevation

What do you call a group of many circular islands in a large body of water?

Islands

Cove

Lagoon

Archipelago (correct)

What is a relatively narrow extension jutting out into a large body of water?

Arm

What is a ring-shaped reef composed largely of coral called?

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What is the rising land from the sea known as?

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What do you call a closed or partially closed water area?

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What is a curved inlet or sea enclosed by a curved coastline?

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What term describes marshland with slow-moving water?

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What is a strip of sand or pebbles where land meets the sea called?

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What is a cliff, headland, or hill with a broad, steep face known as?

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What term is used for an area of marshy ground?

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What do you call a stream of river connected to a bigger one?

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What is a heavy sea wave that breaks into foam called?

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What is an extreme edge of land before a steep or vertical slope?

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What is a small stream referred to as?

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What is an artificial waterway for boats called?

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What do you call a deep gorge with a river?

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What is a headland or promontory?

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What term describes the part of land near the sea?

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What do you call any of the world's continuous expansion of land?

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What is a gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continent called?

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What do you call a small sheltered bay?

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What is a steep rugged cliff or rock face known as?

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What is a large underground chamber referred to as?

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What do you call a cave or a chamber within a cave?

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What is the bed of a river or a stream called?

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What is a deep opening in the earth's crust referred to as?

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What is a steep conical hill of glassy volcanic lava called?

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What do you call a high steep or high overhanging face of rock?

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What is a dent in the earth made from the impact of an asteroid called?

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What is a minor tributary of a river called?

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What do you call an area worked to raise crops?

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What is a body of water moving in one direction called?

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What is a valley referred to as?

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What do you call a barrier to control the waterway?

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What is a small valley called?

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What is a triangular land area at a river mouth called?

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What do you call a dry area of land?

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What is a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea called?

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What term describes a line of high ground between two river systems?

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What do you call being situated towards the mouth of a river?

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What is a channel that carries away from a location called?

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What do you call a hill of sand?

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What is a planet with living things referred to as?

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What is the height above sea level called?

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What do you call a habitat in which the fresh water of a river meets the salt water of the ocean?

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What area along which rivers form waterfalls or rapids as the rivers drop to lower land called?

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What is an open plain called?

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What do you call a glacial valley or glacial trough found along the coast filled with fresh water and seawater?

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What is the base of a mountain referred to as?

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What do you call a shallow place in a body of water where one can cross on foot, by horse?

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What is a woody area with animals called?

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What do you call a large mass of moving ice and snow on land?

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What is a small secluded valley called?

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What is a small canyon with a stream called?

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What do you call a small woods with underbrush?

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What is a narrow, rocky valley or gorge; a ravine called?

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What do you call a large area of sea partially closed off by land?

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What do you call a sheltered part of a body of water where ships can anchor?

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What is a high area of land with a steep slope projecting into a body of water called?

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What do you call an elevation smaller than a mountain?

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What is the apparent interaction of the earth and sky seen by observers called?

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What do you call a massive body of ice floating in the water?

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What is a body of water surrounded by land called?

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What do you call agricultural land being watered artificially?

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What do you call a mass of land surrounded by water?

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What do you call a straight waterway between two bodies of water?

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What do you call where several road links cross?

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What is a stone formed into an arch shape called?

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What do you call an isolated hill or mountain?

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What do you call a small round hill?

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What is a shallow body of water separated by a sandbar called?

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What do you call a large body of water inland with either fresh or saltwater?

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What is the solid ground on earth called?

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What is an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator called?

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What do you call a horizontal projection forming a narrow wall?

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What do you call the bank on the left when looking downstream?

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What is a cave below the earth surface with minerals deposited in its walls called?

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What do you call a boggy area of open wasteland?

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What do you call mountains connected together?

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What is a narrow opening into a large body of water called?

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What do you call materials or substances like minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature?

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What do you call a fertile or green area found in a desert?

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What do you call a very large body of water?

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What do you call the low point of a range of mountains?

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What do you call grass or other vegetation eaten as food by grazing animals?

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What do you call the highest point of a mountain?

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What do you call a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water?

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What is a gentle slope leading from the base of the mountain called?

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What do you call a structure leading out into a body of water?

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What do you call an open field with grass?

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What do you call an area of relatively high ground?

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What is a point of land that stretches into a body of water called?

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What do you call a still body of water?

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What is a small body of still water called?

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What do you call an extensive area of grassland?

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What do you call an overhanging rock?

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What do you call fast moving water with rocks?

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Study Notes

Geography Terms Overview

Altitude: Height above the ground; crucial for climate and ecosystem studies.
Archipelago: Group of numerous circular islands; significant for biodiversity and marine navigation.
Arm: Narrow extension of land into water; important for coastal geography.
Atoll: Coral-structured ring reef; essential for understanding coral ecosystems.
Bank: Rising land from the sea; significant in coastal erosion studies.
Basin: Closed or partially closed water area; critical for hydrology and geology.
Bay: Curved inlet along a coastline; relevant in coastal management and marine ecosystems.
Bayou: Slow-moving marshland; important for wetland ecosystems and biodiversity.
Beach: Sandy or pebbly shoreline; key for coastal recreation and erosion processes.
Bluff: Steep-faced hill or cliff; important in landform identification.
Bog: Marshy ground area; vital for understanding wetland ecosystems.
Brand: Minor stream linked to a larger river; critical in watershed studies.
Breaker: Heavy sea wave that breaks into foam; significant for wave dynamics and coastal processes.
Brink: Extreme edge before a steep descent; relevant in erosion and geophysical studies.
Brook: Small stream; important for freshwater ecosystem studies.
Canal: Artificial waterway for boats; critical for trade and transport logistics.
Canyon: Deep gorge with a river; important for geological formations and erosion processes.
Cape: Headland extending into water; important for maritime navigation.
Coast: Land area adjacent to the sea; significant in coastal geography.
Continent: Major landmass; foundational in physical geography.
Continental Shelf: Shallow ocean floor extending from continents; important in marine biology and resource exploration.
Cove: Sheltered bay; significant for marine habitats and coastal development.
Crag: Steep cliff or rock face; essential for geological study.
Cave: Large underground chamber; important for geology and speleology.
Cavern: Substantial chamber within a cave; vital for understanding karst landscapes.
Channel: River bed; important in hydrology and navigation.
Chasm: Deep earth opening; relevant for geological studies and formations.
Cinder Cone: Volcanic hill made of lava; essential in volcanology.
Cliff: High vertical rock face; significant in coastal and geological landscapes.
Crater: Impact dent from an asteroid; relevant in planetary geology.
Creek: Small river tributary; critical in ecosystem studies and watershed management.
Cultivated Land: Land used for agriculture; vital for food production studies.
Current: Flowing water body; important in marine navigation and ecology.
Dale: Valley; significant in topographical studies.
Dam: Waterway barrier; crucial for water management and hydropower.
Dell: Small valley; important in landscape studies.
Delta: Triangular landform at river mouths; vital for sedimentology and ecology.
Desert: Arid land; significant in climate studies.
Dike: Water containment barrier; essential in flood management.
Divide: High ground line separating watersheds; critical for drainage basin studies.
Downstream: Direction towards a river mouth; important in hydrological flow.
Drainage: Channel for water removal; significant in land management.
Dune: Sand hill; important in coastal and desert ecosystems.
Earth: Planet inhabiting life; crucial in environmental sciences.
Elevation: Height relative to sea level; vital in climate and ecological studies.
Estuary: Freshwater meeting seawater; significant for diverse ecosystems.
Fall Line: Area of waterfalls or rapids; important in geomorphology.
Field: Open land; relevant in agriculture and landscape studies.
Fjord: Glacial valley filled with water; significant in glacial geography.
Foothill: Base of mountains; critical in topological studies.
Ford: Shallow water crossing; essential in historical transport routes.
Forest: Wooded area; vital for biodiversity and carbon cycling.
Glacier: Large moving ice mass; important in climate history and landforms.
Glen: Secluded valley; significant in natural landscape studies.
Gorge: Small canyon; important in erosion studies.
Grove: Small wooded area; relevant in ecology and conservation.
Gulch: Narrow rocky valley; significant in erosion processes.
Gulf: Large sea area partially enclosed by land; important for marine biodiversity.
Harbor: Safe anchorage area for vessels; vital for maritime trade and safety.
Headland: High land jutting into water; significant in coastal navigation.
Hill: Elevation less than a mountain; relevant in landform studies.
Horizon: Line where earth meets sky; important in visual geography.
Iceberg: Large floating ice; significant for climate and sea level studies.
Inlet: Waterbody surrounded by land; relevant in coastal ecology.
Irrigated Land: Artificially watered agricultural land; crucial for food security.
Island: Land surrounded by water; significant in biodiversity studies.
Isthmus: Land connection between two water bodies; important for transportation routes.
Junction: Crossing point of roads; vital for transportation planning.
Key: Arch-shaped stone; relevant in geological studies.
Knob: Isolated hill; significant in topographic mapping.
Knoll: Small rounded hill; important in landscape design.
Lagoon: Shallow water body; vital for marine ecology.
Lake: Large inland water body; significant for freshwater ecosystems.
Land: Earth's solid surface; foundational in geographical studies.
Latitude: Imaginary line parallel to the equator; important in navigation and climate studies.
Ledge: Horizontal rock projection; significant in geological formations.
Left Bank: Left side of a river when looking downstream; important for river studies.
Mine: Below-ground area for mineral extraction; vital for economic geology.
Moor: Boggy open wasteland; relevant in ecological conservation.
Mountain Range: Series of connected mountains; critical for geological and ecological studies.
Mouth: Opening into water body; vital for navigation and ecosystems.
Natural Resources: Materials found in nature; important for economic and environmental sustainability.
Oasis: Green area in a desert; essential for survival and biodiversity.
Ocean: Vast water body; significant in climate and ecosystem studies.
Pass: Low point between mountains; relevant in topographic navigation.
Pasture: Grassland for grazing animals; vital for livestock farming.
Peak: Highest mountain point; important in geologic measurements.
Peninsula: Land almost surrounded by water; significant in coastal studies.
Piedmont: Gentle slope from mountain base; important in landscape geology.
Pier: Structure extending into water; vital for marine access.
Plain: Open grassland; significant for agricultural use.
Plateau: High flat area; crucial for land use planning.
Point: Land tip into water; important in navigation and shoreline mapping.
Pond: Small still water body; vital in local ecosystems.
Pool: Minor still water body; relevant for habitat studies.
Prairie: Expansive grassland; significant in ecosystem diversity.
Precipice: Overhanging rock; important for geology and safety studies.
Rapids: Fast water flow with rocks; crucial for river navigation and ecosystems.

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