Do you want to understand more about geography terminologies? Here it is! It will give you information about the words about the physical features of the earth and what geography is all about.
Here are some of the terminologies that are commonly used.
Antipodes
Australia and New Zealand (used by inhabitants of the northern hemisphere).
Atlas
a book of maps or charts.
Bay
a broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inward.
Border
a line separating two political or geographical areas, especially countries.
Canyon
a deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it.
Celestial
positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space as observed in astronomy.
Coast
the part of the land near the sea; the edge of the land.
Compass Rose
a circle showing the principal directions printed on a map or chart.
Continents
any of the world’s main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America).
Coral Reef
a ridge of rock in the sea formed by the growth and deposit of coral.
Degrees
the amount, level, or extent to which something happens or is present.
Delta
refers to river delta. Flat, low lying land built up of sediments(soft solid particles), which are carried by a river and deposited at the mouth of the river(where the river meets the sea).
Desert
a landscape form or region that receives very little precipitation.
Dune
a hill of loose sand built by aeolian processes (wind) or the flow of water.
Equator
an imaginary line drawn on the Earth and spaced equally between the North and South Pole. An example of the equator is the latitude of 0°.
Forest
a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth.
Geography
the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of populations and resources, land use, and industries.
Glacier
a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.
Globe
the earth.
Grid
a network of lines that cross each other to form a series of squares or rectangles.
Gulf
a deep inlet of the sea almost surrounded by land, with a narrow mouth.
Hemisphere
a half of the earth, usually as divided into northern and southern halves by the equator, or into western and eastern halves by an imaginary line passing through the poles.
Hill
a naturally raised area of land, not as high or craggy as a mountain.
Island
a piece of land surrounded by water.
Isthmus
a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.
Lake
a large body of water surrounded by land.
Landform
a natural feature of the earth’s surface.
Latitude
the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth’s equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
Legend
a map key that often use symbols or colors to represent things.
Longitude
the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
Map
a diagrammatic representation of an area of land or sea showing physical features, cities, roads, etc.
Map Projections
the representation on a plane surface of any part of the surface of the earth or a celestial sphere.
Meridian
a circle of constant longitude passing through a given place on the earth’s surface and the terrestrial poles.
Mile
a unit of linear measure equal to 5,280 feet, or 1,760 yards (approximately 1.609 kilometers).
Mountain
a large natural elevation of the earth’s surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill.
North Pole
also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is (subject to the caveats explained below) defined as the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth’s axis of rotation meets its surface.
Oasis
an isolated area in a desert, typically surrounding a spring or similar water source, such as a pond or small lake.
Ocean
a very large expanse of sea, in particular, each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically.
Parallel
an imaginary line extending around the Earth parallel to the equator; it is used to indicate latitude.
Peninsula
a piece of land that is almost entirely surrounded by water but is connected to the mainland on one side.
Plain
a flat, sweeping landmass that generally does not change much in elevation.
Plateau
a flat, elevated landform that rises sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side.
Political Map
a map that helps in representating the geographical boundaries, roads, and other similar features of an area.
Prime Meridian
a meridian (a line of longitude) in a geographic coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be 0°.
Region
as a part of the Earth’s surface with one or many similar characteristics that make it unique from other areas.
River
a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river.
Scale
the ratio of a distance on the map to the corresponding distance on the ground.
Sea Level
the average height of the sea, used as a standard for measuring other heights and depths, such as the height of a mountain above/below sea level 1,000 m above sea level changes in sea level.
Sinkhole
a hole in the ground that forms when water dissolves surface rock.
South Pole
also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth’s axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth and lies on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole.
Strait
a naturally formed, narrow, typically navigable waterway that connects two larger bodies of water.
Time Zone
a region of the globe that observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes.
Topography
a detailed map of the surface features of the land. It includes the mountains, hills, creeks, and other bumps and lumps on a particular hunk of earth.
Tropic Of Cancer
the parallel of latitude that is approximately 23 and a half degrees north of the equator and that is the northernmost latitude reached by the overhead sun.
Tropic Of Capricorn
also known as the Southern Tropic is the circle of latitude that contains the subsolar point on the December (or southern) solstice. It is thus the southernmost latitude where the Sun can be directly overhead.
Valley
a low area between hills or mountains often with a river running through it.
Volcano
a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth’s crust.
Wetland
land consisting of marshes or swamps; saturated land.
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