A-Z Geography Terms

A IS FOR ALTITUDE
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A IS FOR ARCHIPELAGO
An archipelago is a large
chain of islands.

B IS FOR BAYOU
A bayou is an arm,
inlet or outlet of a
river or lake.
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B IS ALSO FOR BARREN
A barren is land that
can’t produce offspring.

C IS FOR CLIMATE
Climate are the
weather conditions of
an area during a
number of years.
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 Climatologists are
scientists that study
climate.
C IS ALSO FOR
CLIMATOLOGISTS

C IS ALSO FOR
CROPLAND
Cropland is land
suitable for cultivation
of crops.

A desert is a region so
dry because of no
precipitation.
D IS FOR DESERT

Environment are your
natural surroundings.
E IS FOR ENVIRONMENT

E IS ALSO FOR
EQUATOR
The Equator is the
line of latitude that
separates the
Northern
Hemisphere from the
Southern
Hemisphere.

F IS FOR FOREST
A forest is a large area
full of trees and
vegetation.
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F IS FOR FAHRENHEIT
Fahrenheit is a
temperature scale.

F IS ALSO FOR FJORD
A fjord is a
Norwegian word for a
mountainside leaning
to the sea.

A glacier is a body of
ice moving slowly down
a mountain.
G IS FOR GLACIER

Geography is a study
that deals with the
Earth’s surface.
G IS ALSO FOR
GEOGRAPHY
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A hemisphere is
northern or southern or
eastern or western of
the equator and prime
meridian.
H IS FOR HEMISPHERE
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The horizon is the
upper junction between
the Earth and the sky.
H IS ALSO FOR HORIZON
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An iceberg is a large
floating mass of ice.
I IS FOR ICEBERG

Water that is in the
Earth and comes out.
J IS FOR JUVENILE WATER

A knoll is a small
round hill.
K IS FOR KNOLL
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Latitude is the
distance north or south
from the Earth’s equator
by 90 degrees.
L IS FOR LATITUDE

Landform is a natural
feature on the Earth’s
surface.
L IS ALSO FOR LANDFORM

A mountain is a tall
body of land going up.
M IS FOR MOUNTAIN

A person relating to
nomads.
N IS FOR NOMADIC

An oasis is a small
lake or body of water in
the middle of a desert.
O IS FOR OASIS

A peninsula is a land
with water around three
fourths of the sides.
P IS FOR PENINSULA

Rain snow, and stuff like
that.
P IS FOR PRECIPITATION
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An excavation or pit
usually open to air.
Q IS FOR QUARRY
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A region is an area of
land, a city or a place.
R IS FOR REGION

A savanna is a flat,
treeless, grassland of
warm areas.
S IS FOR SAVANNA

A slope is a part of
the Earth’s surface
forming a natural
incline.
S IS ALSO FOR SLOPE

A tundra is a cold
treeless area, usually in
the Arctic.
T IS FOR TUNDRA

Urban means relating
to or in a city.
U IS FOR URBAN

A volcano is a
mountain with a crater
on it where lava can
come out of.
V IS FOR VOLCANO

A waterfall is water
falling from the top of a
cliff because there is a
river.
W IS FOR WATERFALL

Weather is if the
temperature is hot cold,
there is rain or if its
sunny.
W IS ALSO FOR WEATHER
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A plant that grows
under dry conditions.
X IS FOR XEROPHYTIC

A crest of rock
formed by the wind.
Y IS FOR YARDANG
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Turning an area into
zones, city planning.
Z IS FOR ZONING

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