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Geography Vocabulary Word Puzzle #3 — myVocabulary.com

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Directions:

To solve the Geography vocabulary puzzle use the Latin root, vocabulary definition, part of speech and the Geography word list. Put your answers INSIDE the puzzle box and move down to the next puzzle.

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Clue:

The Geography vocabulary list contains the correct answers. Use clues from the Latin root, vocabulary definition, part of speech and the Geography word list to solve each word puzzle.

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Vocabulary Word List:

Geography Vocabulary Word List:
Abrasion, Alluvial, Archipelago, Atmosphere, Bayou, Butte, Canyon, Cartography, Continent, Equator, Equatorial, Erosion, Exploration, Geological, Glacial, Glacier, Globe, Gravitation, Harbor, Hemisphere, Isthmus, Latitude, Longitude, Meander, Meridian, Mesa, Migrate, Mountains, Peninsula, Permafrost, Permafrost, Permeable, Piedmont, Piedmont, Planet, Polar, Rain Forest, Reclamation, Reservoir, Rivers, Rotation, Saturation, Sediment, Solar, Stratosphere, Swamp, Terrain, Territory, Topography, Tributary, Tropical, Volcano

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2) Pertaining to the North or South Pole regions; diametrically opposite (adjective) Root POLUS = axis

3) A portion of land nearly surrounded by water and connected by an isthmus with the mainland (noun) Root INSULA = island

4) To follow a winding, indirect or intricate course (verb) Word derived from Maiandros River in Asia

5) State of being worn away in degrees by the action of water, wind, or glacial ice (noun) root is ROS-ROD = gnaw

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