Geography Dictionary
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
ABSOLUTE LOCATION
A POINT ON THE EARTH USING LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE
ARABLE LAND
FARMABLE LAND
ARCHIPELAGO
GROUP OF ILANDS
ARCTIC CIRCLE
IMAGINARY CIRCLE AROUND THE EARTH
ATHEISM
DISBELIEF IN GOD
ATMOSPHERE
THE GAS SURROUNDING THE EARTH
ATOLL
A RING SHAPED REEF
BASIN
AREA OF LAND DRAINED BY A RIVER
BAY
A BROAD INLET OF THE SEA WHERE THE LAND CURVES INWARD
BLUFF
STEEP CLIFF
BUTTE
INSOLATED HILL WITH STEEP SIDES
CANAL
ARTIFICIAL WATERWAY
CAPE
LAND EXTENDED INTO A BODY OR WATER
CASH CROP
CROP USED FOR ITS COMMERCIAL VALUE
CHANNEL
LANDFORM CONSISTING OF RELATIVELY SHALLOW
CITY
LARGE TOWN
CLIFF
A STEEP ROCK
CLIMATE
THE WEATHER CONDITION
COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE
LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION OF CROPS
CONIFEROUS FOREST
A BRION FOUND IN TEMPERATE REGIONS
CULTURE
A CUSTOMS, ARTS, AND ACHIEVMENTS OF A PARTICULAR NATION
DECIDUOUS FOREST
TEMPERATE BROAD-LEAF FORESTS
DEFORESTATION
PROCCESS WHERE NATURAL FORESTS ARE CLEARED FOR LOGGING
DELTA
LANDFORM THAT FORMS AT THE MOUTH OF A RIVER
DESERT
A BIOME WITH SAND AND LITTLE WATER AND VEGITATION
DESERTIFICATION
PROCCESS IN WHICH FERTILE LAND BECOMES A DESERT
DOWRY
PROPERTY OR MONEY BOUGHT BY THE BRIDE TO HER HUSBAND ON THIER MARRIAGE
EARTHQUAKE
THE GRINDING OF THE EARTHS TECHTONIC PLATES MAKING AN EARTHQUAKE
ELEVATION
ELEVATING OR BEING ELEVATED
ENCLAVE
TERRITORY SURROUNDED BY A LARGER TERRITORY WHICH IS ETHNICALLY DIFFERENT
EQUATOR
IMAGINARY LINE AT 0 DEGREES LATITUDE ON EARTH
EROSION
THE PROCESS OF ERODING BY WIND, WATER, AND OTHER NATURAL AGENTS
ESCARPMENT
LOND STEEP SLOPE
ESTUARY
TIDAL MOUTH OF A RIVER
ETHNIC GROUP
SOCIAL DEFINED CATEGORY OF PEOPLE
EXCLAVE
A PORTION OF TERRITORY OR STATE THAT IS SURROUND BY TERRITORY OF ANOTHER
FAULT
DISCONTINUITY IN A VOLUME OF A ROCK
FJORD
LONG , NARROW, DEEP INLET OF THE SEA BETWEEN HIGH CLIFFS
FOOTHILLS
A LOW HILL AT THE BASE OF A MOUNTAIN
FREE ENTERPRISE
AN ECONOMIC SYSTEM WHICH PRIVATE BISINESS OPRATES IN
MARKET ECONOMY
ECONOMY IN DECISIONS REGARDING INVESTMENT, PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION ARE BASED ON SUPPLY AND DEMAND
MEGALOPOLIS
A VERY LARGE CITY OR URBAN COMPLEX
METROPOLIS
A CAPITAL OR CHIEF CITY OF A COUNTRY OR REGION
NATIONALISM
DEVOTION TO THE INTERESTS OR CULTURE OF ONE'S NATION
SHANTYTOWN
A DEPRIVED AREA ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF A TOWN
STANDARD OF LIVING
THE LEVEL OF WEALTH, COMFORT, MATERIAL GOODS AND NECESSITIES AVAILIBLE
SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE
SELF SUFFICIENCY FARMING IN WHICH THE FARMES FOCUS ON GROWING ENOUGH TO FEED THIER FAMILY
TERRACE FARMING
A TYPE OF FARMING DEVELOPED BY THE INCA
