Geography Vocabulary

3. a large area of flat land with few trees, not tropical
5. an area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.
6. a distinctive attribute or aspect of the earths surface
8. the largest of all the continents and with the highest population of people
12. an area of relatively level high ground.
13. a deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it.
14. two continents that are north and south ________
16. a particular place or position.
17. a very large expanse of water, larger than a sea
19. a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream.
21. the smallest continent of them all and it is also a country.

1. the continent that is entirely in the northern hemishpere and includes countries such as England and Spain.
2. an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres
4. a dry, barren area of land, especially one covered with sand, waterless, and without vegetation.
7. a continent in the most southern polar region
9. a ratio of size in a map, model, drawing, or plan.
10. a large natural elevation on the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill.
11. an instrument containing a magnetized pointer which shows the direction of magnetic north and location can be determined
15. second largest continent, where human life began and evolved
18. the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
20. a representation of an area of land or sea showing physical features, cities, roads, etc.