River Systems
The start of a river
What is source?
A narrow strip of land with water on each side, that joins two larger pieces of land.
What is an isthmus?
Rain, snow, sleet, slush, or other forms of moisture
What is precipitation?
This type of vegetation varies by elevation
What is highlands vegetation?
The doctor who made the first thematic map in 1850s London
Who is John Snow?
Land near a river that is good for farming
What are floodplains?
A long piece of land, surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
Patterns of temperature and precipitation are shown on this type of graph
What is a climagraph?
The kind of vegetation found in Antarctica
What is ice cap?
The end of a river
What is mouth?
A narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two large areas of water
What is a strait?
The zone on earth that gets the most amount of direct sunlight.
What is the tropical zone?
Another factor besides climate that affect what plants grow where
What is elevation, amount of sunlight, or richness of the soil?
The disease that broke out in 1850s London
What is cholera?
A smaller river that joins with a larger river
What is a tributary?
A narrow inlet in the coast that was carved out by glaciers
What is a fjord?
The two main factors which influence a place's climate.
What are latitude and elevation (altitude)?
The kind of tree with broad, flat leaves that are shed before winter
What is deciduous?
The cause of the 1850s disease outbreak in London
What is the Broad Street Pump/water?
Formed when rivers empty water and sediment into an ocean or sea
What is a delta?
A group of islands
What is an archipelago?
Minnesota has this type of climate.
What is humid continental?
Evergreen trees with needles and cones.
What is coniferous?
One of the symptoms of the 1850s disease in London
What is vomiting, diarrhea, or dehydration?