A
An area of level, almost treeless land
plain
A large body of salt water
ocean
A piece of land that rises steeply from the land around it
Pictures that stand for real things and places
map symbols
An area where there is little to know rainfall
desert
A low land between hills and mountains
valley
A body of water completely surrounded by land
Lake
A body of land completely surrounded by water
island
A tool that helps you know the distance between places on a map
scale
Tells you what an area of land or water would look like from straight overhead
map
Gently sloping land that is not as high as a mountain
hill
Flowing water that empties into a large body of water
River
Land surrounded by water on 3 sides
penninsula
The part of the map in which symbols are explained
key
Lines that run vertically on the earth and measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian
longitude lines
A very large body of land
Continent
A part of the ocean that is surrounded by land
gulf
half of the earth
hemisphere
A collection of maps
atlas
Shows directions on a map
compass rose
An area of land that is flat but rises higher than the land around it
Plateau
The imaginary line that divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres
equator
the imaginary line that divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres
prime meridian
A model of the earth
globe
Lines that run horizontally on the earth and measure the distance north and south from the equator
latitude lines