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Geography Vocabulary T20

20 cards·by OliverRagonCarver

City

A large community where people live and work

Ocean

A very large body of salty water

Map key

A list of symbols on a map

Globe

A model of the earth

Island

Land that has water all around it

Geography

The study of the earth and it's people

Map

A drawing that shows where places are (on flat paper)

Equator

A line on a map or globe that is halfway between the North Pole and South Pole

Continent

One of the largest bodies of land on the earth (there are 7)

Compass rose

Arrows on a map that shoe the directions: north, south, east, west

Desert

A very dry place

Landform

A kind of land

Symbol

A picture that stands for something real

Plains

Land that is mostly flat

Directions

North, south, east, west

River

A long body of water that flows through the land

Mountain

The highest kind of land

Lake

A body of water that has land all around it

Valley

Low land between hills and mountains

Canada - Mexico

One country north of North America - one country south of North America