World Geo Terms

1. drawing of the Earth shown on a flat surface
5. Height of land above sea level
6. area of flat land at high elevation
7. area of level land, usually at low elevation
10. deep and narrow valley with steep walls
12. elevated land with sloping sides and a rounded Summit
13. direction in which a river or stream flows from its source to its mouth
19. land with steep sides that rise sharply at 1,000 ft or more
20. flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried Downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth
21. steep high wall of rock Earth or ice
22. imaginary line that runs around the earth halfway between the North and South Poles
23. part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline generally smaller than a gulf

2. body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded by water on three sides
3. part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline
4. line of the global grid running from the North Pole to the South Pole
7. characteristic of a place occurring naturally
8. exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates
9. mountain or Hill created as liquid rock and Ash erupt from inside the Earth
11. large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land
14. one of the five major bodies of saltwater that surround the continents
15. large natural stream of water that runs through the land
16. large, thick body of slowly moving ice
17. distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
18. area of Low Land usually between Hills or mountains