ILLUSTRATED GEOGRAPHIC DICTIONARY

ABSOLUTE LOCATION

• Definition: A point on the earth's surface expressed by a coordinate system such as latitude and longitude.

ARABLE LAND

• Land can be used to grow crops

ARCHIPELAGO

• A group of islands

ARCTIC CIRCLE

• The Arctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth.

ATHEISM

• A disbelief in the existence of deity

ATMOSPHERE

• Gas surrounding the earth or other planets

ATOLL

• Some times called a coral atolls, is a ring shaped coral reef including a coral rim that encircles lagoon

BASIN

• a natural or artificial hollow place containing water.

BAY

• Large body of water connected to ocean or sea

BLUFF

• A cliff, headland, or hill with a broad, steep face.

BUTTE

• An isolated hill with steep, buttes smaller than plateaus

CANAL

• Long narrow place filled with water made by humans

CAPE

• Is a headland of large size extending into a body of water

CASH CROP

• an agricultural crop which is grown for sale to return a profit.

CHANNEL

• Landform consisting of the outline of a path of relatively shallow and narrow bodh of fluid

CITY

• Large and permanent human settlememt

CLIFF

• A vertical rock exposure

CLIMATE

• The weather conditions prevailing in a area

COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE

• A large scale production of crops for sale

DELTA

• A landform that is formed at the mouth of a river where it flows into a ocean etc.

DESERT

• A barren area of land where little precipitation occurs

EARTHQUAKE

• Sudden movement of the earths crust caused by the release of stress accumulated

ENCLAVE

• An portion of a territory within or surrounded by a larger territory

FREE ENTERPRISE

• System which private business are able to compete with each other with little control from goverment

IRRIGATION

• Articifical application of water to soil or land

ISLANDS

• Sub-continental land surrounded by water

ISTHMUS

• Narrow strip of land connecting 2 larger land areas usually surround ny water

LAGOON

• Aa shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by barrier islands or reefs.

MARKET ECONOMY

• Based on supply and demand and prices of goods and services are determined in a free price system.

MEGALOPOLIS

• A very large populated urban complex

METROPOLIS

• Large city or urban area

MONETARY SYSTEM

• is the set of institutions by which a government provides money in a country's economy.

MOUNTAIN

• is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak.

NATIONALISM

• People proud of their countries and often think it more important than others

OASIS

• Isolated area of vegetation in a desert surrounding a spring

OCEAN

• Body of saline water that composes most of the earths hydrosphere

PENINSULA

• Piece of land almost surrounded by water

PLAIN

• Large area of flat land with few trees

PLATEAU

• An area of highland usually consist of relatively flat terrain

SHANTYTOWN

• Settlement of plywood, corrugated metal, sheets of plastic and cardboard

STANDARD OF LIVING

• Level of wealth, comfort, material goodsand nessecities available to a certain class

SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTUTRE

• Where livestock is used to support farmers their families

TERRACE FARMING

• Used to grow crops on steep hill sides

TIMBERLINE

• Boundary beyond trees can not grow

TOWN

• Settlements larger than villages but smaller than cities

TORNADO

• VIOLENTLY ROTATING COLUMN OF AIR THAT IS IN CONTACT WITH THE SURFACE Of the earth

TSUNAMI

• Series of water waves caused by displacement