Vocabulary 1
Line of latitude at 33 1\3° S latitude
Tropic of Capricorn
Line of latitude at 33 1/3° N latitude
Tropic of Cancer
Narrow waterway connecting two larger bodies of water
Strait
A starting line for measuring longitude
Prime meridian
Place in desert made fertile by a steady supply of water
Oasis
Beginning of river or stream
Source
A large of islands chain
Archipelago
East to west lines on a map that show distance from the equator
Lines of latitude
Line of latitude at 0°
Equator
A large, high flat landform
Plateau
Forms at the mouth of a river from soil deposits
Delta
Place where river empties into another body of water
Mouth
North-south lines on a map that show distance from prime meridian
Lines of longitude
Part of ocean or sea that extends into the land
Gulf
Body of land nearly surrounded by water
Peninsula
Projecting part of a coastline that extends into an ocean, sea or gulf
Cape
Imaginary line halfway around the globe from the prime medidian
International date line
River or stream that flowers into a large river or stream
Tributary
Ring-shaped coral island surrounding a lagoon
Atoll
A narrow strip of land, bordered by water, connecting two larger bodies of land
Isthmus
Heavily populated with many small countries, the smallest region, loaded with peninsulas
Western Europe
A region that holds a huge continent, most of the world's people; rich river valleys, and the world's highest mountains and many islands
Southern & Eastern Asia
A land of dry deserts, bridging two continents
Middle East and North Africa
North American region stretching from the tropic of Cancer to the Arctic Ocean
USA and Canada
Mostly south of the equator; a land of high mountains and rain forests, home to the Patagonia and the Panama Canal
Latin America