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A Pictorial Dictionary of Geographical Terms. 4 th Grade. This slideshow was prepared by the 4 th grade computer students at Westdale Heights Academic Magnet School in Baton Rouge, LA 2008-09. basin bay bayou bog boundary butte canyon continent Continental Divide crater crevasse
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This slideshow was prepared by the 4th grade computer students atWestdale Heights Academic Magnet Schoolin Baton Rouge, LA2008-09
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Basin • A basin is all the land drained by a river and the streams that flow into it.
Bay • A part of a sea or lake extending into the land. Chris
Bayou A Bayou is a marshy inlet or outlet of a lake, river, or gulf in the South Central U.S. Leah
Bog • A piece of soft,wet, spongy ground, marsh and swamps. Niya
Boundary • A limiting line or thingthat dividesstates Elvyn
BUTTE • Western U.S. steepflat/topped hill standingalone. By, Collin
Canyon • A narrow valley with high, steep sides Dontae
CONTINENT A continent is one of the seven great masses of land on earth. The continents are North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Asia, Africa, and, Australia.
Continental Divide • The ridge in the western U.S. which separates streams in North America flowing toward the Pacific from those flowing toward the Atlantic or the Arctic; also called the Great Divide.The Rocky Mountains form a major part of the Continental Divide. Destiny
CRATER • An opening at the topofavolcano or a depression in the ground. Darrin
Crevasse • a deep crack in a glacier , or in the ground after an earthquake. By: Karigan
Delta • A deposit of earth and sand that’s collected at the mouths of some rivers and is usually three sided. Shajuan
Delta A deposit of earth and sand that collects at the mouths of some rivers and is usually three sided. BY: Ivy
Desert A barren region with little or no rainfall, Usually sandy without trees. Eliza
Dune • A mound range or ridge of loose sand heaped up by wind.. Tevin
Equator • the equator is animaginary circle around the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole. Jean paul
Estuary • An estuary is a broad mouth of a river into which the tide flows. By nina
Fault • A fault is a break in the earth’s crust, with the mass of rock on one side of the break pushed up, down, or sideways holly
Geyser A geyser is a spring that spouts a column of hot water and steam into the air at intervals.
Glacier A large mass of ice formed from snow on a high ground and moving very slowly down a mountain or along a sloping valley or spreading slowly overa large area of land until it melts or breaks up. Georgia
Gorge • A deep ,narrow valley, usually steep & rocky especially one with a stream. Christian
Gorge A deep , narrow valley , usually steep and rocky , especially one with a stream. Julia
Grassland • A region with mostlygrass and few trees Baileigh
Gulf • A large bay; arm of an ocean or sea extending into the land. Kaylin
Island • A body of land surrounded by water. It is smaller than a continent. By:Amani
ISLAND A body of land surrounded by water. By:myron
Isthmus • A narrow strip of land with water on both sides of connecting two larger bodies of land craig
Jungle • Wild land thickly overgrown with bushes, vines, and trees. Jungles are hot and humid regions with many kinds of plants and wildlife. Claire
Lagoon • Shallow water separated from the sea by low ridges of sand. Chase
Lake A body of waterentirely or nearly surrounded byland. A lake usually consists fresh water and is longer than a pond. A wide place in ariver. Sophia
Latitude • Latitude is the distance between north and south of the equator measured in degrees James
Levee • A bank built out ofearth to keeprivers from overflowing Kaleb
Longitude • A distance east or west on earth measured in degrees from a certain meridian Ainsley
Marsh Low land covered at times by water, soft, wet land or swamp. Plants such as reeds, rushes,and sedges grow in marshes. JAZZ
MEADOW A MEADOW IS A PIECE OF LAND ,ESPECIALY ONE USED FOR GROWING HAY OR AS A PASTURE FOR GRAZING ANIMALS. BY . YAZEN
Mesa A small isolated, plateau with a flat top and steep, rocky sides, common in dry regions of western and southwestern United States. Jose
Moraine a mass • A moraine is a mass or ridge of rocks, dirt, or other natural debris deposited at a side or end of a glacier or beneath the ice as the glacier melts. Grace
Mountain A very high hill. A natural elevation of earth’s surface rising high above the surrounding level in a massive and conspicuous way. Jamaal
Mouth • A naturalopening, suchas the openingof a cave orcanyon or thepart of a riverthat emptiesinto a larger body of water. Treylan
Oasis • A fertile spot in the desert where there is water and usually trees and other vegetation. Jonavan
Ocean A ocean is a great body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth’s surface. Keimyneh
Peninsula A piece of land almost surrounded by water, or extending far out into the water. Florida is a peninsula. By Matthew
Piedmont .The piedmont is a district lying along or near the foot of a mountain range. Edgar
PLAINS A level, treeless, tract of country. Nathan
Plateau A plain in themountains or at height above sea level, a large, high, plain. kYLEE
Ponds • A body of still water, • smaller than a lake. By; Marquis
Prairie • A large area of level or rolling land with grass but few or no trees ,especially such an area making up much of central North America. Caleb CCCCCCaleb