Geography glossary
NEW GEOGRAPHY GLOSSARY: -CRUST: external part of the Earth -MANTLE: melted part in the interior of the Earth -TECTONIC PLACES: huge pieces of land, that flote in the Earth -COLLIDE: crash -EARTHQUAKE: when two tectonic places collide and lock. producing energy. -FAULT LINE:(línea de falla) -EPI-CENTER: (epicentro) -REACH: catch up -FLOAT: hover -MOUNTAIN: high elevation on the Earth´s surface -VALLEYS: areas of lowland surrounded by uplands (normally mountains) -PLATEAU: large areas of flat or slightly hilly land -PLAINS: large areas of flat and slightly hill land not much higher than sea -GLACIER: large mass of ice that forms at the top of a mountains -STREAM: flow of water with less volume than a river -DELTA: accumulation of materials (sand and stones) deposited by the river -ESTUARY: mouth of a river open to the sea -GULFS: deep inlets of the sea -BEACHES: accumulation of sand and gravel -CAPES: large areas of of high coastal land into the
