A Pictorial Dictionary of Geographical Terms

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A Pictorial Dictionary ofGeographical Terms

• 4th Grade

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This slideshow was prepared by the 4th grade
computer students atWestdale Heights Academic
Magnet Schoolin Baton Rouge, LA2008-09
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Table of Contents

• 22 gorge 2
• 23 grassland
• 24 gulf
• 25 island
• 26 island 2
• 27 isthmus
• 28 jungle
• 29 lagoon
• 30 lake
• 31 latitude
• 32 levee
• 33 longitude
• 34 marsh
• 35 meadow
• 36 mesa
• 37 moraine
• 38 mountain
• 39 mouth

42 peninsula 43 piedmont 44 plains 45 plateau 46
pond 47 prairie 48 rapids 49 reef 50
reservoir 51 river 52 savanna 53 sierra 54
source 55 springs 56 strait 57 stream 58
stream2 59 swamp 60 tributary 61 Tropic of
Cancer

• basin
• bay
• bayou
• bog
• boundary
• butte
• canyon
• continent
• Continental Divide
• crater
• crevasse
• delta
• delta 2
• desert
• dune
• equator
• 17. estuary
• fault
• geyser

62 Tropic of Capricorn 63 tundra 64 tundra 2 65
valley 66 valley 2 67 volcano 68 waterfall 69
wetlands
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Basin

• A basin is all the land drained by a river and
  the streams that flow into it.

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Bay

• A part of a sea or lake extending into the land.

Chris
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Bayou

• A Bayou is a marshy inlet or outlet of a lake,
  river, or gulf in the South Central U.S.

Leah
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Bog

• A piece of soft,wet, spongy ground, marsh and
  swamps.

Niya
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Boundary

• A limiting line or thing that divides states

Elvyn
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BUTTE

• Western U.S. steep flat/topped hill standing
  alone.
• By, Collin

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Canyon

• A narrow valley with high, steep sides

Dontae
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CONTINENT

• A continent is one of the seven great masses of
  land on earth. The continents are North America,
  South America, Antarctica, Europe, Asia, Africa,
  and, Australia.

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Continental Divide

• The ridge in the western U.S. which separates
  streams in North America flowing toward the
  Pacific from those flowing toward the Atlantic or
  the Arctic also called the Great Divide.The
  Rocky Mountains form a major part of the
  Continental Divide.

Destiny
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CRATER

• An opening at the top of a volcano or a
  depression in the ground.

Darrin
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Crevasse

• a deep crack in a glacier , or in the ground
  after an earthquake.

By Karigan
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Delta

• A deposit of earth and sand thats collected at
  the mouths of some rivers and is usually three
  sided.

Shajuan
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Delta

• A deposit of earth and sand that collects at the
  mouths of some rivers and is usually three sided.

BY Ivy
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Desert

• A barren region with
• little or no rainfall,
• Usually sandy without
• trees.

Eliza
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Dune

• A mound range or ridge of loose sand heaped up by
  wind..

Tevin
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Equator

• the equator is an imaginary circle around the
  middle of the earth, halfway between the North
  Pole and the South Pole.

Jean paul
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Estuary

• An estuary is a broad mouth of a river into which
  the tide flows.

By nina
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Fault

• A fault is a break in the earths crust, with the
  mass of rock on one side of the break pushed up,
  down, or sideways

holly
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Geyser

• A geyser is a spring that spouts a column of
  hot water and steam into the air at intervals.

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Glacier

• A large mass of ice formed from snow on a high
  ground and moving very slowly down a mountain or
  along a sloping valley or spreading slowly over
  a large area of land until it melts or breaks up.

Georgia
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Gorge

• A deep ,narrow
• valley, usually steep rocky especially one
  with a stream.

Christian
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Gorge

• A deep , narrow valley , usually steep and rocky
  , especially one with a stream.

Julia
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Grassland

• A region with mostly grass and few trees

Baileigh
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Gulf

• A large bay arm of an ocean or sea extending
  into the land.

Kaylin
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Island

• A body of land surrounded by water. It is smaller
  than a continent.

ByAmani

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ISLAND

• A body of land surrounded
• by water.

Bymyron
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Isthmus

• A narrow strip of land with water on both sides
  of connecting two larger bodies of land

craig
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Jungle

• Wild land thickly overgrown with bushes, vines,
  and trees. Jungles are hot and humid regions with
  many kinds of plants and wildlife.

Claire
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Lagoon

• Shallow water separated from the sea by
  low ridges of sand.

Chase
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Lake

• A body of water entirely or nearly surrounded by
  land.
• A lake usually consists fresh water and is longer
  than a pond.
• A wide place in a river.

Sophia
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Latitude

• Latitude is the distance between north and south
• of the equator measured in
• degrees
• James

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Levee

• A bank built out of earth to keep rivers from
  overflowing

Kaleb
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Longitude

• A distance east or west on earth measured in
  degrees from a certain meridian

Ainsley
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Marsh

• Low land covered at times by water, soft, wet
  land or swamp. Plants such as reeds, rushes,and
  sedges grow in marshes.

JAZZ
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MEADOW

• A MEADOW
• IS A PIECE OF LAND ,ESPECIALY ONE USED FOR
  GROWING HAY OR AS A PASTURE FOR GRAZING ANIMALS.

BY . YAZEN
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Mesa

• A small isolated, plateau
• with a flat top and steep, rocky sides, common in
  dry regions of western and southwestern
• United States.

Jose
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Moraine
a mass

• A moraine is a mass or ridge of rocks, dirt, or
  other natural debris deposited at a side or end
  of a glacier or beneath the ice as the glacier
  melts.

Grace
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Mountain

• A very high hill.
• A natural elevation of earths surface rising
  high above the surrounding level in a massive and
  conspicuous way.

Jamaal
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Mouth

• A natural opening, such as the opening of a cave
  or canyon or the part of a river that empties
  into a larger body of water.

Treylan
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Oasis

• A fertile spot in the desert where there is water
  and usually trees and other vegetation.

Jonavan
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Ocean

• A ocean is a great body of salt water that covers
  almost three fourths of the earths
  surface.

Keimyneh
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Peninsula

• A piece of land almost surrounded by water, or
  extending far out into the water. Florida is a
  peninsula.

By Matthew
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Piedmont

• .The piedmont is a district lying along or near
  the foot of a mountain range.

Edgar
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PLAINS

• A level, treeless, tract of country.

Nathan
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Plateau

• A plain in the mountains or at height above sea
  level, a large, high, plain.

kYLEE
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Ponds

• A body of still water,
• smaller than a lake.

By Marquis
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Prairie

• A large area of level or rolling land with grass
  but few or no trees ,especially such an area
  making up much of central North America.

Caleb
CCCCCCaleb
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Rapids

• A part of a rivers course where the water rushes
  quickly ,often over rocks near the surface.

Samuel
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Reef

• A narrow ridge of
• Rocks, sand, and
• Coral near the
• Surface of the water.

Jade
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Reservoir

• A place where water is collected and stored for
  use.

Audrey
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RIVER

• A large natural stream that flows into a lake, an
  ocean, or another river. The longest river in the
  world is The Nile River. The Amazon River, the
  other largest river in the world, is in South
  America.

LYRIC
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Savanna

• A savanna is a grassy plain with few or no trees.
  They are mostly found in Africa. By Grace

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Sierra

• A chain of hills or mountain peaks that suggest
  the teeth on a saw.

Luke
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Source

• The beginning of a brook, or a river.

Julian
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SPRINGS

• A stream of water flowing naturally from the earth

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Strait

• A narrow channel of passage connecting two larger
  bodies of water.

By Lauren
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Stream

• A steady current of water as in a river or in the
  ocean.

Raelynn
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Stream

• A steady current of water, as in a river or in
  the ocean.

Peyton
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swamp

• A swamp is a wet soft mire like bog

PATRICK
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Tributary

• A tributary is a stream that flows into a larger
  stream or body of water.

Jamiee
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Tropic of Cancer

• An imaginary line that traces the boundry of the
  earths tropical zone.

Brandon
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Tropic of Capricorn

• A tropic of capricorn is an imaginary line that
  traces the southern boundary of the earths
  tropical zone

Eugene
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Tundra

• A vast level treeless plain in the artic regions.
  The ground beneath the surface of the tundra is
  frozen even in the summer. Much of
• Alaska and North Canada is tundra.

Krista
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Tundra

• A vast, level, treeless plain in the Artic
  Regions. The ground beneath the surface of
  tundras is frozen even in the summer. Much of
  Alaska and Northern Canada is tundra.
• By Elme

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Valley

• A valley is lowland between hills or mountains
  and usually having a river or stream flowing
  along its bottom.

Barsha
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Valley

• A wide region of generally flat, low country
  drained by a great river system

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Volcano

• An opening in the earths crust at the top and
  sometimes on the sides of a cone shaped hill or
  mountain connected to the interior of the earth
  by funnel or crater though which steam, gases,
  ashes, rocks, and lava are forced out in periods
  of activity.

lamarq
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Waterfall

• A fall of water from a high place cascade or
  cataract

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wetlands

• Wetlands are areas of
  land where the ground
  remains wet.

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Credits

• Music by
• Mendelssohn. Symphony No. 4 in A Major Op. 90
  Italian 1st Movement.
• Telemann. Suite for Flute and Orchestra in A
  Minor Air A LItalian.

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Citations

• Dictionary
• http//www.worldbookonline.com
• Images were found using google.com
• Exploring Your World The Adventure of Geography.
  The National Geographic Society, 1989.