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Geography Terms

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

GEOGRAPHY TERMS

Mia Scott

Archipelago

a group of islands

44°55'N 13°46'E

Peninsula

a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into s body of water

43.75°S 175.833°E

Fjord

narrow valley with deep water in between

62.1210°N 7.1290°E

Estuary

the part of the wide lower coarse of a river where its current is met by the tides

25.5234°S 152.9479°E

Atoll

a ring shaped reef formed by coral

20.7167°N 116.7°E

Isthmus

a narrow strip of land connecting two larger masses of land

8.6667°N 80°W

Island

Piece of land surrounded by water

18°S 179°E

Reef

ridge of jagged rock, coral, or sand just above or below the surface of the sea

18.2861°S 147.7°E

Headwaters

Source of a river

42.2181°N 95.2072°W

Glacier

Slow moving mass or river of ice

77.7333°S162.1667°E

Lagoon

a stretch of salt water separated from the sea by a coral reef or low sandbank

53.247°N 1.852°W

Gulf

deep inlet of the sea almost surrounded by land with a narrow mouth

26°N 52°E

Bay

broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inward

42.1253°S 148.2983°E

Strait

narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water

45.35°N 36.65°E

Delta

landform that forms at the mouth of the river where a river meets the ocean

51.7304°N 4.7159°E