Geography Vocabulary Part 1

2. a boundary especially of a country or state
4. explains how people live in their environment
9. continent comprising Greenland, United States, and Canada (and Mexico and Central America)
10. a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water
12. southern part of North America extending from Mexico to northwestern Colombia
13. an administrative district of division of a country (such as Canada)
16. the area on the earth between the 23 1/2 degrees N and 23 1/2 degrees S lines of latitude, where the climate is almost always hot
18. imaginary lines on a map or globe that measure distance north and south of the Equator and distance east and west of the Prime Meridian
24. the half of the Earth north of the Equator
25. description of the natural environment of a place; It includes physical features, weather and climate, soil, vegetation, and animal life.
26. a large body of saltwater
28. an imaginary line drawn on the Earth that has a certain climate and certain types of living things
29. Water in different sizes and shapes, naturally found on the Earth's surface. Oceans, seas, bays, lakes, rivers, and ponds are examples.
31. a large region of Earth that has a certain climate and certain types of living things
33. a symbol that shows the directions

1. the line of longitude from the South Pole to the North Pole measured in degrees; It divides Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres
3. the land next to the ocean
5. the measurement on a map or globe that shows the distance between places
6. a group or chain of islands clustered together in a sea or ocean
7. an inlet of a body of water (as the sea) that is naturally smaller than a gulf
8. the half of Earth east of the Prime Meridian
11. half of the globe or half of the earth. The four hemispheres are northern, southern, eastern, and western.
14. a line or natural feature that separates one area or country from another
15. the half of the earth comprising North and South America and their surrounding waters west of the Prime Meridian
17. hemisphere the half of Earth south of the Equator
19. an area of soft wet land usually overgrown by grasses
20. flow of water that goes to an ocean or a lake
21. a very large body of land
22. the unit of measurement used for longitude and latitude
23. a large open area of grassland
27. a large body of water that cuts deep in to the land
30. a narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses; An isthmus has water on two sides
32. the entire Western Hemisphere continent south of Mesoamerica