GEO-BOWL

All Grades

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This part of a map tells what the map is about.

Title

Bowl shaped area of land surrounded by higher land

Basin

A very tall hill; highest land on earth

Mountain

This part of the map is a pointer that shows the four cardinal directions.

Compass rose

Narrower part of an ocean or lake that cuts into land

bay

Narrow channel or path through a mountain range

Mountain pass

Narrow waterway dug across land mainly for ship travel

canal

Long row of mountains

Mountain range

Steep narrow valley with high sides

Canyon

What are the four cardinal directions?

North, South, East and West

Steep falling of water from a higher to a lower place

Waterfall

Place where a river empties into another body of water

mouth

What are the intermediate directions?

Pointers halfway between the cardinal directions (Northeast, Southeast,

Northwest, and Southwest)

Steep wall of rock or earth, sometimes called a bluff

Cliff

Any of the four (or five) largest bodies of water on Earth

Ocean

A small drawing or field of color on a map that stands for something else.

Symbol

Land at the edge of a large body of water such as an ocean

Coast

Pointed top of a mountain

Peak

This part of the map tells what each symbol on the map stands for.

Key

Area of flat land along an ocean or sea

Coastal plain

Land with water on three sides

Peninsula

Triangle shaped area of land at the mouth of a river

Delta

This type of map shows routes between towns and cities in a state or country.

Road map

This part of a map allows you to estimate real distance on the map.

Scale

Very large area of flat land

Plain

Very dry, barren land without trees

Desert

A small map found within a main map, which shows where the subject of the main

map can be found in a larger area

Locator

High, wide area of flat land, with steep sides

Plateau

Area along which rivers form waterfalls or rapids as the rivers drop to lower

land

Fall line

The height of land about sea level is called its ________.

Elevation

Large area of flat land, with few ore no trees, similar to a plain

Prairie

Flat land, near a river, that is formed by dirt left by floods

Floodplain

A small map within a main map, used to show details not possible to be seen on the

larger map.

inset

This type of map shows the world’s or a country’s time zones.

Time zone map

Large stream of water leading to a lake, other river, or ocean

River

Hilly land at the bottom of a mountain

foothills

The half spheres that Earth is commonly divided into.

Hemispheres

Land at a river’s edge

Riverbank

Giant sheet of ice that moves very slowly across land

Glacier

The United States (and Indiana) are located in what two hemispheres.

Northern and Western

Large body of water somewhat smaller than an ocean

Sea

This type of map shows landforms and bodies of water.

Physical map

Body of water, smaller than a bay, with land around part of it

Gulf

An ocean’s surface, compared to which land can be measured either

above or below

Sea level

Sheltered body of water where ships safely tie up to land

harbor

Place where a river begins

Source

Which of the imaginary lines used to help find locations on Earth run east to

west? They measure degreed north and south a location is.

They run parallel to the equator.

Lines of latitude or parallels

Why are they called parallels?

Hill

Rounded land higher than the land around it

Very shallow water covering low land filled with trees and other plants

Swamp

Narrow strip of water running from a large body of water either

into land or between islands

Inlet

What line of latitude is located at 0°?

Equator

Stream or river that runs into a larger river

Tributary

Land with water all around it

Island

Low land between mountains or hills

Valley

This type of map shows locations of countries, states, and cities .

Political map

Large body of water with land all or nearly all around it

Lake

What are the imaginary lines used to help us find locations on Earth that run in a

north-south direction? They measure how many degrees east or west a location is.

Lines of longitude or meridians

Mountain with an opening at the top, formed by violent bursts of

steam and hot rock

Volcano

Flat-topped hill, with steep sides

Mesa

The line of longitude that is at 0° is called __________.

Prime meridian

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