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A symbol on a map that shows the cardinal directions.
Compass Rose:
Lines of Latitude
imaginary lines that divide the Earth. They run east to west, but measure your distance north or south.
geographical reference line that passes through the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in London, England.
Prime Meridian
Bay
A broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inward.
a portion of the ocean that penetrates land.
Gulf
Cardinal Directions
The four cardinal directions are north (N), east (E), south (S), west (W), at 90° angles on the compass rose.
Imaginary lines that divide the Earth. They run north to south from pole to pole, but they measure the distance east or west.
Lines of Longitude
Scale (on a map)
refers to the relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground- map scale.
an artificial waterway designed for navigation that people could cross the water with boats or ships.
Canal
a body of water sheltered by natural or artificial barriers. Harbors can provide safe anchorage and permit the transfer of cargo and passengers between ships and the shore.
Harbor
Lake
a large body of water surrounded by land.
an imaginary line around the middle of a planet or other celestial body.
Equator
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.
Distortion (on a map)
A cape is a high point of land that extends into a river, lake, or ocean.
Cape (in geography)
A body of land surrounded by water.
Island
are formed by bisecting the above, giving: northeast (NE), southeast (SE), southwest (SW) and northwest (NW).
The four intercardinal (or ordinal) directions
an area of land known by the types of animals, vegetation, soil, and climate located there.
Biome
Key (Legend)
A list of symbols that appear on the map.
Delta
wetlands that form as rivers empty their water and sediment into another body of water.
Isthmus
a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated.
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.
Degrees (as in location)
a unit of latitude or longitude used to define points on the earth's surface or on the celestial sphere.
A group of islands.
Archipelago
a long, deep, narrow body of water that reaches far inland.
Fjord
Lock or Loch
a lake or an inlet of the sea.