a to z for words of world geography

A to Z for words of World Geography

By Svend Luka

A is for archipelago, a group of islands

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B is for bayou, a body of water in a flat land

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C is for cinder cone, is a crater made of molten rock

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D is for dike, a rock in a crack of another rock

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E is for equator, the imaginary line that goes through the earth

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F is for fjord, a narrow long inlet in-between big cliffs

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G is for glacier, a gigantic piece of ice

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H is for horizon, where the land and water meet

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I is for isthmus, a narrow strip of land connecting two bigger portions of land

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J is for juvenile water, water that’s in the earth and comes up

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K is for knop, a small round hill

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L is for longitude, imaginary lines that run from pole to pole

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M is for mesa, a hill with a flat top that is higher than the surrounding landscape

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N is for northern hemisphere, the half sphere on top of the equator

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O is for ocean, the body of salt water that covers nearly three fourths of the world

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P is for pass, a gap in a mountain rang

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Q is for quaternary sector, That portion of a locations economy that works on information and idea making

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R is for reservoir , a artificial lake where water is stored for use

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S is for shoal, a sand bank or bar creating a shallow

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T is for tropic two parallels 23½ degrees apart

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U is for urban climate climatic conditions in an urban area that differ from neighboring rural areas

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V is for valley, a long depression of hills or mountains

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W is for waterfall a very steep decent of the water of a stream

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X is for Xerosere,  is a plant succession  which is limited by water availability

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Y is for yardang, keel-shaped crest or ridge of rock

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Z is for zeugen, a rock that eroded into a mushroom shape

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