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| Geography | Study of people, their environments, and their resources |
| Irrigate | To bring water to the desert |
| Globe | Sphere with a map of the Earth printed on it |
| Hemispheres | Earth is divided into these two segments |
| Latitude | These lines run east and west on a map |
| Longitude | These lines run north and south on a map |
| Hills | Areas of raised land that are lower and more rounded than mountains |
| Mountains | High, steep, rugged land with an elevation of at least 1,000 feet |
| Plains | Broad areas of fairly level land |
| Plateaus | Plains that range from a few hundred to many thousand feet above sea level |
| Weather | Condition of the Earth's atmosphereat any given time and place |
| Climate | Average weather of a place over a period of 20-30 years |
| Precipitation | Water that falls in the form of rain, sleet, hail, or snow |
| Altitude | Height above sea level |
| Sea | Large body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean |
| Peninsula | Piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides |
| River | Large stream of water that empties into an ocean or lake or another river |
| Desert | Area that has little or no moisture or vegetation |
| Drought | Long dry spell |
| Island | Piece of land that is completely surrounded by water |
