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 sea

-CLIFFS: high coastal land that stick into the sea

                                                -  RELIEF ON THE OCEAN FLOOR -

-CONTINENRAL SHELF: submerged plain, underwater estension of a continent

-ABYSSAL PLAIN: large expanse of land at the bottom of the ocean

-CONTINENTAL SLOPE: incline from the continental platform down to the abyssal plain