Theme Geography

Vocabulary Word List for Geography (317)

• A

  abrasion, abundance, acre, adaptation, aeration, agriculture, alluvial, altitude, annual, anthropology, arable, archeology, archipelago, arid, atlas, atmosphere, atoll, axis, azimuth

• B

  badlands, barren, barrier reef, basin, bayou, belt, belvedere, berm, bluff, bog, border, boundary, bowl, butte

• C

  caldera, canal, canyon, cape, cardinal points, cartographer, cartography, cascade, cavern, cay, celestial, change, channel, chaparral, chasm, circulation, circumnavigate, civilization, classification, cliff, climate, clippings, cluster, coast, community, compass, compost, condensation, conditions, coniferous, conservation, continent, continental divide, contour, coordinate, copse, crag, crater, creek, crevasse, crevice, cuesta, cultivate, current, cuttings, cycles

• D

  dam, damage, deciduous, decomposition, decoration, decorative, dedication, degree, delicate, delta, depth, desert, destruction, develop, digging, disperse, distance, diversity, division, doldrums, domain, drainage, drought, dune

• E

  earth, earthquake, ecology, eddy, elements, elevation, eluvial, energy, environment, equator, equidistant, eradicate, erosion, escarpment, esker, espalier, estuary, evaporation, everglade, evidence, evolve, exfoliate, expanse, exposure

• F

  farming, fault, feature, fissure, fjord, flood plain, forest, fossil, frost, fuel

• G

  gap, geyser, glacier, glade, glen, globe, gorge, grasslands, grid, grotto, grove, gulch, gulf, gully, guyot

• H

  habitat, harbor, hardy, harvest, headland, hedge, height, heirloom, heliotrope, hemisphere, highlands, hinterlands, horizon

• I

  iceberg, igneous rock, inlet, interconnection, inundate, involve, irrigation, island, isobar, isotherm, isthmus

• J

  jet stream, jungle

• K

  key, kill, knoll

• L

  lagoon, land, land-form, landmark, landscape, latitude, lava, legend, levee, littoral, location, longitude, lowlands

• M

  magnetic, mainland, map, marine, marsh, mass, massif, materials, meadow, meander, meridian, mesa, minute, moisture, monsoon, moor, morass, mountain, mulch

• N

  nadir, nation, natural, noticeable

• O

  oasis, ocean, ooze, original, overlook, ozone

• P

  palisade, pampas, parallel, pelagic, peninsula, permafrost, permeable, physical, piedmont, pinnacle, plains, plateau, polar, polder, pole, pollutant, population, position, prairie, prime meridian, promontory, proof, province

• Q

  quality, quantity, quest, questions

• R

  rain forest, rainfall, range, reef, region

• S

  scale, sea level, sediment, seismograph, site, situation, smog, society, steppe, strait, subtropical, swamp

• T

  tectonics, temperatures, territory, threat, tidal wave, topography, transportation, tributary, tropic, tundra, typhoon

• U

  unexpected, unique, universal, unusual, urban

• V

  value, variation, variety, various, vegetation, verdant, volcano

• W

  weather, weeds, wetlands, widespread, wilt, wither, woodlands

• X

  xeriscape, xylem, xyst

• Y

  yard, yellow jacket

• Z

  zone, zygophyte

• A

  Australia

• E

  Eurasia, Europe

• G

  Great Divide, Greenland, Greenwich

• I

  International Date Line

• M

  Mercator projection

• N

  North America, North Pole, Northern Hemisphere

• O

  Oceania