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 city that had a terrible disease outbreak in the 1850s
What is London?
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?
The data shown by the line graph on a climate graph
What is temperature?
The kind of "vegetation" found in Antarctica
What is ice cap?
One of the symptoms of the 1850s disease in London
What is vomiting, diarrhea, or dehydration?
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 direct sunlight throughout the year.
What is the tropical zone?
Cone-bearing evergreen trees with needles
What is conferious?
The name of the disease that we tried to map
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?
Land formed when rivers empty soil and sediment into an ocean or sea
What is a delta?
A group of islands
What is an archipelago?
Minnesota has this specific type of climate.
What is humid continental?
Another factor besides climate that affect what plants grow where
What is elevation, sunlight, or soil?
The doctor who mapped the disease to find its source
Who is John Snow?