Directions
the four main compass directions: north, south, east, and west, commonly denoted by their initials N, S, E, and W respectively. Relative to north, the directions east, south, and west are at 90 degree intervals in the clockwise direction.
What is cardinal directions
An imaginary line around the middle of a planet or other celestial body.
Wetlands that form as rivers empty their water and sediment into another body of water.
what is a delta
a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land
what is and Mediterranean sea
a large tidal estuary in the U.S. state of California, and gives its name
what is an san francisco bay
the four intermediate compass directions located halfway between each pair of cardinal directions. Northeast (NE), 45°, halfway between north and east, is the opposite of southwest.
intercardinal directions
A unit of latitude or longitude used to define points on the earth's surface or on the celestial sphere.
what is a degree (as in location )
A long, deep, narrow body of water that reaches far inland.
what is fjord
a region of sea in the northern Indian Ocean, bounded on the west by the Arabian Peninsula, Gulf of Aden and Guardafui Channel, on the northwest by Gulf of Oman and Iran, on the north.
what is an Arabian sea
a bay located in the southern Kantō region of Japan spanning the coasts of Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Chiba Prefecture.
what is Tokyo bay
a science that deals with the description, distribution, and interaction of the diverse physical, biological, and cultural features of the earth's surface
what is geography
Geographical reference line that passes through the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in London, England.
what is an prime meridian
A portion of the ocean that penetrates land.
what is a gulf
a sea of the North Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere, located south of the Gulf of Mexico and southwest of the Sargasso Sea.
what is an caribbean sea
the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. Geographically it is positioned between the Indian subcontinent and the Indochinese peninsula, located below the Bengal region
what is Bengal bay
imaginary lines that divide the Earth. They run east to west, but measure your distance north or south. The equator is the most well known parallel. At 0 degrees latitude, it equally divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
What is lines of latitude
Refers to the relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground.
what is a scale
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.
what is a harbor
a body of water that borders Greenland to the west, the Svalbard archipelago to the east, Fram Strait and the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Norwegian Sea and Iceland to the south.
what is an Greenland sea
the largest estuary in the United States. The bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic region and is primarily separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Delmarva Peninsula, including parts of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and the state of Delaware
what is The Chesapeake Bay
maginary lines that divide the Earth. They run north to south from pole to pole, but they measure the distance east or west. The prime meridian, which runs through Greenwich, England, has a longitude of 0 degrees
what is lines of longitude
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.
what is a distortion
A body of land surrounded by water.
what is an island
a sea inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia
what is an red sea
is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada with a surface area of 1,230,000 km². It is located north of Ontario, west of Quebec, northeast of Manitoba, and southeast of Nunavut, but politically entirely part of Nunavut.
what is the Hudson bay