Geographic Terms

3. Geographic regions within which the same standard time is used
6. A narrow channel connecting two bodies of water
8. The triangular silt formed land at the mouth of a river
12. 0 degrees longitude from which other longitudes are east and west
13. A broad tract of level or rolling grassland
14. Imaginary circles passing through north and south poles
15. An opening in the crust of the earth, a planet, or a moon from which molten rock and steam issue
18. An imaginary circle around around the earth that is everywhere equally distant from the two poles
19. Imaginary circles on earth's surface that mark latitude, parallel to equator
20. Science of natural features of the earth
21. The amount of atmospheric moisture
22. any of the great divisions of land on the globe
24. a long depression between ranges of hills or mountains
25. A trace or impression in the earth's crust of a past plant or animal

1. Angular distance expressed in degrees east or west from the prime meridian
2. Dry land with few plants and little rainfall
4. A part of a body of water protected and deep enough to furnish anchorage
5. A large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or spreading outward on a land surface
7. A long narrow portion of land extending out of the water
9. The study of past human life as revealed by relics left by ancient people
10. Someone who makes maps
11. A body of land smaller than a continent surrounded by water
16. A fertile or green area in arid region
17. Angular distance north or south from the earth's equator measured in degrees
22. A point of land jutting out into the water
23. A deep narrow valley with high steep sides