A Pictorial Dictionary of Geographical Terms

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A Pictorial Dictionary ofGeographical Terms

• 4th Grade

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Table of Contents
31 marsh 32 mesa 33 moraine 34 ocean 35
peninsula 36 piedmont 37 plains 38 plateau 39
pond 40 prairie 41 reef 42 river 43 savanna 44
sierra 45 source 46 springs 47 strait

• 16. estuary
• 17. fault
• 18. geyser
• geyser
• glacier
• Glacier
• 22 gorge
• 23 grassland
• 24 gulf
• 25 gulf
• 26 island
• 27 isthmus
• 28 lake
• 29 levee
• 30 longitude

1. basin
2. bay
3. bayou
4. bog
5. boundary
6. butte
7. canyon
8. continent
9. Continental Divide
10. coral
11. crevasse
12. delta
13. desert
14. dune
15. equator

48 stream 49 swamp 50 tributary 51 Tropic of
Cancer 52Tropic of Capricorn 53 tundra 54
valley 55 volcano 56 waterfall 55 wetland
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Basin

• A region drained by a river and the streams that
  flow into it.

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Bay

• A body of water partially surrounded by land but
  having a wide opening to sea. A bay is usually
  smaller then a gulf and larger than a cove.

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BAYOU

• A sluggish marshy stream connected with a river,
  lake or ocean, common in the southern United
  states.

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Bog

• An area of wet spongy ground made of decaying
  plant matter.
  

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Boundary

• A boundary is a limit or border around a country,
  city, state, or other area.

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Butte

• A steep-sided hill with a flat top, often
  standing alone.

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Canyon

• A deep narrow valley with steep cliffs cut into
  the earth by running water ,gorge.

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CONTINENT

• One of seven great land masses of the Earth,
  including Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia,
  Europe, North America, and South America.
• South America

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CONTINENTAL DIVIDE

• An area of high ground from each side of which
  the river systems of a continent flow in opposite
  directions.

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Coral

• A mass of this substance, often branched or
  rounded in shape, as that forming a small island
  or reef.

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Crevasse

• A crack in a glacier or levee.

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DELTA

• A mass of sand, mud ,and earth that accumulates
  at the mouth of a river, usually shaped like a
  triangle.

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Desert

• A dry barren region, often covered with sand,
  having little or no plant life.

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DUNE

• A hill or ridge of wind-blown sand.

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Equator

• An imaginary line around the middle of the earth
  half way between the north and south. The equator
  divides the earth into the northern and southern
  hemispheres.

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Estuary

• An arm of the sea that extends inland to meet the
  mouth of a river.

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FAULT

• A fault is a break in a rock mass caused by a
  shifting of the earth crust.

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GEYSER

• A natural hot spring that regularly ejects a
  spray of steam and boiling water into the air.

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Geyser

• A natural hot spring that regularly ejects a
  spray of steam and boiling water into the air.

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GLACIER

• A large mass of ice slowly moving over a mountain
  or through a valley formed over many years from
  packed snow in areas where snow gathers faster
  than it melts.

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GLACEIR

• A large mass of ice slowly moving over a mountain
  or through a valley , formed over many years from
  packed snow in areas where it accumulates faster
  than it melts.

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Gorge

• A deep narrow passage with steep rocky sides,
  often with a stream flowing through it. The gorge
  was the only pass through the mountains.

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Grassland

• An area such as a prairie or meadow covered with
  grass.

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GULF

• A large body of water or sea water that is partly
  surrounded by land.

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GULF

• A Gulf is a large body of ocean or sea water
  that is partly surrounded by land.

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ISLAND

• A BODY OF LAND,ESPECIALLY ONE SMALLER THAN A
  CONTINENT,ENTIRELY SURROUNDED BY WATER.

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ISTHMUS

• A narrow strip of land with water on both sides
  connecting two larger masses of land.

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Lake

• A large inland body of fresh water or salt water.

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Levee

• A bank of earth or other material built up along
  a river to keep it from flooding.

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Longitude

• Distance east or west on the earth s surface,
  measured in degrees from an imaginary vertical
  line.

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MARSH

• An area of low lying wet land in a swamp or bog.

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Mesa

• A high land area with a flat top and steep sides,
  larger than a butte and smaller than a plateau,
  common in southwest United States.

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Moraine

• Moraine is a mass of boulders, stones, and other
  material that has been carried and deposited by a
  glacier.

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Ocean

• The mass of saltwater that covers about 72
  percent of the surface of the Earth.

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Peninsula

• A piece of land that projects into a body of
  water that is connected to a larger land mass.

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Piedmont

• A plateau region of the eastern United States
  extending from New York to Alabama between the
  Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic coastal
  plain.

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Plains

• A large, flat area of land with few trees.

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PLATEAU

• An elevated level expanse of land.

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Pond

• A body of water that is smaller than a lake.

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POND

• A still body of water smaller than a lake.

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PRAIRIE

• A wide area of flat rolling, mostly a tree less
  grass land, especially the large plain of Central
  America.

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REEF

• A ridge of rock, or coral that rises to or close
  to the surface of a body of water.

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River

• A large natural stream of water that empties into
  an ocean or lake.

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Savanna

• A flat treeless grassland of warm regions.

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Sierra

• A rugged range of mountains having an irregular
  outline somewhat like the teeth of a saw.

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Source

• The beginning of a stream or river.

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Springs

• A natural fountain or flow of water.

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Strait

• A narrow channel that
• connects two larger bodies of water.

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STREAM

• Stream-A body of running water that flows in a
  less regular course , as a brook or small river.

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Swamp

• A low-lying region filled with water.

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Tributary

• A stream that leads into a larger body of water.

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Tributary

• A stream that flows into a larger river or stream.

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Tropic of Cancer

• An imaginary line on the world map halfway
  between the North Pole and the equator in the
  northern hemisphere.

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Tropic of Capricorn

• An imaginary line on the world map halfway
  between the South Pole and the equator in the
  southern hemisphere.

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Tundra

• A cold treeless area of arctic regions, having
  permanently frozen subsoil and only low growing
  mosses, lichens, and stunted shrubs as plant
  life.

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Valley

• A long narrow region of low land between ranges
  of mountains, hills, or other uplands, often
  having a river or stream running along the
  bottom.
• .

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volcano

• The opening in the crust of the earth from which
  molten rock, dust, ash, and hot gases flow or are
  thrown out.

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Waterfall

• A natural stream of water descending from a
  height.

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Wetland

• A lowland area, such as a marsh or swamp that is
  very moist.

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Citations

• The American Heritage Student Dictionary,
  Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007.
  http//go-kids.grolier.com
• Images were found using google.com
• Exploring Your World The Adventure of Geography.
  The National Geographic Society, 1989.