Geographic Terms
Across
- 2. Augmentation of or increase in the amount or level of something.
- 4. map A map marked with contour lines.
- 5. Circle The parallel of latitude 66° 33′ south of the equator.
- 9. A slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.
- 10. Isthmus A narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.
- 11. An area of fairly level high ground.
- 12. map A topographic map is a type of map characterized by large-scale detail and quantitative representation of relief, usually using contour.
- 15. The amount, level, or extent to which something happens or is present.
- 18. The time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length.
- 19. A place on the coast where vessels may find shelter, espectially one protected from rough water by piers, jetties, and other artificial structures.Tributary
Down
- 1. rose A circle showing the principal directions printed on a map or chart.
- 3. a large group or chain of islandsBay
- 6. directions The four cardinal directions or cardinal points are the directions of north, south, east, and west, commonly denoted by their initials
- 7. A change for the worse.
- 8. The land hemisphere, sometimes capitalized as the Land Hemisphere, is the hemisphere on the Earth containing the largest possible area.
- 13. Peninsula A piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water.
- 14. Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America).
- 16. hemisphere The half of the earth that contains Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
- 17. Volcano A mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are or have been.