Geography

Basic vocabulary

Earth Globe

axis

equator

hemispherepole

Tropic of Cancer

Tropic of Capricorn

Prime meridian

rotation

Arctic circle

Antarctic circle

Lines of longitude

Lines of latidude

earth´s crust

magma

surface

Cardinal points

North

South

EastWest

compassGPS

navigation

Digital map

legendgrid

Conventional signs

cartographer

Map scale

1:1000000

atlas

A

B

distance – miles, kilometres

contour lines

vertical

horizontal

Water

pond

lake

sea ocean

creek / brook

river

river basin

spring

sea

bridge

coastline – shoreline

marshes

delta - mouth

dam - reservoir

mud

wetland

pool

swamp

sea level

coast

below

waves above

river bed

river bank

flood

canal

cliffs

island

isle

mainland

coast

shorebeach

waterways

watermill

tsunami

freshwater

salt water

potable water

embankment

ferryinland

altitude

waterfall

bay

harbour

gulf

port

deep

shallow

rapids

groundwater

lighthouse

rocks

peninsula

tide

depositssediments

fertile soil

mountainspeak - summithighland - upland

active/extinct volcano

valley floor

mountain range

eruption

lava

cave

ruins, remains of

canyon

coniferous

deciduous

mixed forest - woodsfoodpath

erosion

lowland - flat

hills - hilly

mountain slope

national park

woodland

crater

horizon

mine

desert

dunesoasis

well

windmill

tunnel

sand hill

areazone

regioncountydistrict

square kilometre m2total area

earthquake

seismology

fence

Slovakia

Hungary

borderboundaryfrontier

junction

traffic

epicentre

diagram

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr

East

West

North

chart

table

illustrationpicture

lenght - long

width - wide

hight – depth (tall, deep) location

pavement

road

main/side street

terrain, relief

cape

glacier

geyser

iceberg

fjordlagoon

strait

estuary

cove

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