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* ocean | * ocean | ||
* sea | * sea | ||
* strait | * strait & channel | ||
** important straits and channels | |||
- Bosporus Strait | |||
- Strait of Gibraltar | |||
- Strait of Magellan | |||
- Beagle Channel | |||
- Strait of Hormuz | |||
- Bering Strait | |||
- Strait of Messina | |||
- Bab-el Mendeb Strait | |||
- Strait of Malacca | |||
** See | |||
*** [[https://www.morethanshipping.com/the-worlds-top-10-strategic-straits-and-channels Top 10 Straits and Channels (morethanshipping.com)]] | |||
* canals | |||
** man-made straits | |||
** Suez Canal | |||
** Panama Canal | |||
** Carthage Canal | |||
== Land forms == | == Land forms == | ||
Revision as of 03:16, 10 March 2021
Geography Vocabulary
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- Latitude
- Longitude
- Equator
- Prime Meridian
- International Dateline
- Meridians
- Parallels
- a.m. / p.m.
- equinox
- solstice
- Tropic of Cancer
- Tropic of Capricorn
Five Themes of Geography[edit | edit source]
- Location
- Absolute Location
- Relative Location
- Regions
- Place
- Movement
- Human-Environment Interaction (Relationships within Places)
Water bodies[edit | edit source]
- lake
- bay
- cape
- channel
- delta
- ocean
- sea
- strait & channel
- important straits and channels
- Bosporus Strait - Strait of Gibraltar - Strait of Magellan - Beagle Channel - Strait of Hormuz - Bering Strait - Strait of Messina - Bab-el Mendeb Strait - Strait of Malacca
- canals
- man-made straits
- Suez Canal
- Panama Canal
- Carthage Canal
Land forms[edit | edit source]
- continent
- island
- archipelago
- peninsula
- isthmus
- land-bridge
World Oceanic Regions[edit | edit source]
- Mediterranean
- Arabian Sea
- Indian Ocean
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Gulf of Mexico
- Caribbean Sea
- China Sea
- North Sea
Oceania[edit | edit source]
- Oceania
- Pacific region in general, divided into
- Australasia
- Melanesia
- Micronesia
- Polynesia