Voc. Set 4

Front 1

Prime Meridian

Back 1

lines on the global grid running from the North Pole to the South Pole through Greenwich, England; start point for measurring degrees of east and west longitutide

Front 2

relief

Back 2

changes in elevation over a given area of land

Front 3

river

Back 3

large natural stream of water thats runs through the land

Front 4

sea

Back 4

large body of water completly, or partly surrounded by land

Front 5

seacooast

Back 5

land lying next to a sea or ocean

Front 6

sea level

Back 6

position on land level with the surface of a nearby ocean or sea

Front 7

sound

Back 7

body of water between a coastline and one or more islands off the coast

Front 8

source

Back 8

place where a river or stream begins, often in highlands

Front 9

strait

Back 9

a narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water

Front 10

tributary

Back 10

small river or stream thats flows into a larger river or stream; a branch of the river

Front 11

upstream

Back 11

direction oppisite of the flow of a river; toward the source of a body of a river or stream

Front 12

valley

Back 12

area of low land between hills or mountains

Front 13

volcano

Back 13

mountain created as liquid rock or ash erupt from inside the earth