Geography Terms
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katarzyna01 on January 28, 2009
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Geography key terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 permafrost | permanently frozen layer of soil on a tundra |
| precipitation | falling water droplets in the form of rain, sleet, snow or hail |
| lake | a body of water surrounded by land |
| peninsula | land surrounded by water on three sides |
| mountain | land with steep sides that rise sharply (1,000 feet or more) from surrounding land; generally larger and more rugged than a hill |
| marsh | soft, wet, low-lying, grassy land that serves as a transition between water and land |
| longitude | lines that go around the Earth parallel to the Prime Meridian |
| latitude | an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator |
| Tropic of Cancer | a line of latitude about 23 degrees north of the equator |
| Tropic of Capricorn | a line of latitude about 23 degrees south of the equator |
| Richter Scale | a scale of 1 to 10 used to express the energy released by an earthquake |
| lava | liquid rock on Earth's crust |
| oasis | a spot of fertile land in a desert, fed by water from wells or underground springs |
| globe | a 3-D model of the Earth |
| metropolitan | of or pertaining to a large city, its surrounding suburbs, and other neighboring communities |
| suburbs | residential communities near a large city |
| migration | the movement from one country or region to settle in another |
| service industry | any kind of economic activity that produces a service rather than a product |
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