These flash cards cover geography, topography, and cartography.
There are 30 flash cards in this set (5 pages to print.)
To use:
1. Print out the cards.
2. Cut along the dashed lines.
3. Fold along the solid lines.
Sample flash cards in this set:
| Questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| Basin | An area that is lower than surrounding land areas: some basins are filled with water. |
| Bay | A body of water that is partly surrounded by land and is connected to a larger body of water. |
| Butte | A small, high, flat-topped landform with cliff like sides. |
| Canal | An artificial waterway used for irrigation or travel. |
| Canyon | A deep, narrow valley with steep sides; often with a stream flowing through it. |
| Cataract | A large waterfall or steep rapids. |
| Delta | A plain at the mouth of a river, often triangular in shape, formed where sediment is deposited by flowing water. |
| Dessert | Dry areas of land, desolate, waterless, and without vegetation. |
| Elevation | Flood Plain |
| The height above or below seas level. | A broad plain on either side of a river, formed where sediment settles during flood |
| Glacier | A Huge, Slow-Moving mass of snow and ice. |
| Gulf | An area of a sea or ocean partially enclosed by land, larger than a bay. |
| Hill | An area that rises above surrounding land and has a rounded top; lower and usually less steep than a mountain. |
| Island | An area of land completely surrounded by water. |
| Isthmus | A narrow strip of land that connects two larger areas of land. |
| Lake | A body of water completely surrounded by land. |
| Mesa | A high, flat-topped land-form with cliff-like sides; larger than a butte. |
| Mountain | A landform that rises steeply at least 2,000 feet above surrounding land, usually wide at the bottom and rising to a narrow peak or ridge. |
| Mountain Pass | Large continuous body of salt water. |
| Ocean | Large continuous body of salt water. |
| Peninsula | An area of land almost completely surrounded by water but connected to the mainland. |
| Plain | A large area of flat or gently rolling land |
| Plateau | A large flat area that rises above surrounding land; at least one side has a steep slope |
| River | A stream of water of considerable volume. |
| River Mouth | The point where a river enters a lake or sea. |
| Sea | A body of salt water surrounded almost entirely by land. |
| Strait | A narrow stretch of water that connects two larger bodies of water. |
| Tributary | A river or stream that flows into a larger river. |
| Valley | A low stretch of land between mountains or hills; land that is drained by a river. |
| Volcano | An opening in Earth's surface through which molten rock, ashes, and gases escape from the interior. |
