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Ocean
The ocean by the party surrounding land, with about 50 seas that include water bodies.
Lake
A large body of water surrounded by land.
Scale
Refers to the relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground.
Lines of Latitude
Imaginary lines that divide the Earth. They run east to west, but measure your distance north or south.
Distortion
The misrepresentation of shape, area, distance, or direction of or between geographic features when compared to their true measurements on the curved surface of the earth.
Gulf
A portion of the ocean that penetrates land
Canal
An artificial waterway designed for navigation that people could cross the water with boats or ships.
Key
A list of symbols that appear on the map
Imaginary lines that divide the Earth. They run north to south from pole to pole, but they measure the distance east or west.
Archipelago
A group of islands.
Harbor
A body of water sheltered by natural or artificial barriers, providing safe anchorage and permitting the transfer of cargo and passengers between ships and the shore.
Bay
A broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inward.
Cardinal directions
The four cardinal directions are north (N), east (E), south (S), west (W), at 90° angles on the compass rose.
Equator
An imaginary line around the middle of a planet or other celestial body.
Cape
A high point of land that extends into a river, lake, or ocean.
Lock or Loch
A lake or inlet of the sea
Tributary
The branch that flows into the mainstream, such as the White River, the Arkansas River, and Red River.
Intercardinal directions
The four intercardinal (or ordinal) directions are formed by bisecting the cardinal directions, giving: northeast (NE), southeast (SE), southwest (SW) and northwest (NW).
Degrees
A unit of latitude or longitude used to define points on the earth's surface or on the celestial sphere.
Island
A body of land surrounded by water.
A long, deep, narrow body of water that reaches far inland.
Strait
The narrow passage of water connecting two seas or large waters.
Geography
The study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of populations and resources, land use, and industries.
Prime Meridian
Geographical reference line that passes through the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in London, England.
Isthmus
A narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated.