Hello friends here are some terms used in geography

Absolute Location: exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates

Basin: area of land drained by a given river and its branches; area of land surrounded by lands of higher elevation

Bay: part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally smaller than a gulf

Canyon: deep and narrow valley with steep walls

Cape: point of land that extends into a river, lake, or ocean

Channel: wide strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other; deep part of a river or other waterway

Cliff: steep, high wall of rock, earth, or ice

Continent: one of the seven large landmasses on the earth

Cultural Feature: characteristic that humans have created in a place, such as language, religion, housing, and settlement pattern

Delta: flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried down-stream by a river and deposited at its mouth

Divide: stretch of high land that separates river systems

Downstream: directionin which a river or stream flows from its source to its mouth

Elevation: height of land above sea level

Equator:imaginary line that runs around the earth halfway between the North and South Poles; used as the starting point to measure degrees of north and south latitud

Glacier: large, thick body of slowly moving ice

Gulf: part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline,
generally larger and more deeply indented than a bay

Harbor: a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can
anchor safely

Highland: elevated land area such as a hill, mountain, or
plateau

Hill: elevated land with sloping sides and rounded summit;
generally smaller than a mountain

Island: land area, smaller than a continent, completely sur￾rounded by water

Isthmus: narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land
areas

lake: a sizable inland body of water

latitude: distance north or south of the Equator, measured in
degrees

longitude: distance east or west of the Prime Meridian, meas￾ured in degrees

lowland: land, usually level, at a low elevation

Map: drawing of the earth shown on a flat surface

Meridian: one of many lines on the global grid running from
the North Pole to the South Pole; used to measure
degrees of longitude

Mesa: broad, flat-topped landform with steep sides; smaller than a plateau.

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