Geography Terms Grade 6 Social Studies Online Grade
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Geography Terms Grade 6 Social Studies Online
Grade 6/7: Geography w Blueprint Skill: Identify and use the key geographic elements on maps (i. e. , island, flood plain, swamp, delta, marsh, harbor, cape, sea level, bay, prairie, desert, oasis, mesa, mountain, valley, glacier, canyon, cliff, plain, and plateau).
Plain w Plains are flat lands that have only small changes in elevation.
Plateau w A plateau is a large, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land
Cliff w A cliff is a steep face of rock and soil.
Canyon w A canyon is a deep valley with very steep sides - often carved from the Earth by a river.
Glacier w A glacier is a slowly moving river of ice.
Mountain w A mountain is a very tall high, natural place on Earth - higher than a hill. The tallest mountain on Earth is Mt. Everest.
Mesa w A mesa is a land formation with a flat area on top and steep walls usually occurring in dry areas
Oasis w An oasis is small fertile area surrounded by desert.
Desert w A desert is a very dry area.
Prairie w A prairie is a wide, relatively flat area of land that has grasses and only a few trees.
Bay w A bay is a body of water that is partly enclosed by land (and is usually smaller than a gulf).
Sea Level w Sea Level is the average height, or elevation, of the sea surface.
Valley w A valley is a low place between mountains.
Cape w A cape is a pointed piece of land that sticks out into a sea, ocean, lake, or river.
Harbor w A naturally or artificially protected basin on an ocean, lake, or river where ships may be anchored or docked without danger.
Marsh w A marsh is a type of freshwater, brackish water or saltwater wetland that is found along rivers, pond, lakes and coasts. Marsh plants grow up out of the water.
Swamp w A swamp is a type of freshwater wetland that has spongy, muddy land a lot of water. Many trees and shrubs grow in swamps.
Island w An island is a piece of land that is surrounded by water.
Flood Plain w Floodplain is a flat region of a valley floor located on either side of a river channel.
Delta w A delta is a low, watery land formed at the mouth of a river. It is formed from the silt, sand small rocks that flow downstream in the river and are deposited in the delta. A delta is often (but not always) shaped like a triangle (hence its name, delta, a Greek letter that is shaped like a triangle).
Resources w http: //www. enchantedlearning. com/geography/landf orms/glossary. shtml w http: //www. edu. pe. ca/southernkings/landforms. htm w http: //www. geocities. com/monte 7 dco/ w http: //geoimages. berkeley. edu/Geo. Images/Johnson/ Landforms/Landforms. html w http: //vathena. arc. nasa. gov/curric/landform/lan dform. html w http: //www. harcourtschool. com/activity/types_of_lan d_2/
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