| A | B |
|---|
| cartographer | map maker |
| glacier | thick sheet of ice |
| weather | day to day condition of the air |
| marsh | lowlands with moist soil |
| latitude | distance north or south of the Equator |
| altitude | height above sea level |
| climate | weather over a period of time |
| peninsula | water on three sides |
| mouth | where a river ends |
| tributary | branch of a river |
| hemisphere | half of the Earth |
| isthmus | narrow strip of land |
| strait | narrow channel of water |
| source | palce where a river begins |
| longitude | distance east or west of the P. Meridian |
| delta | deposited at the mouth of a river |
| cape | narrow point of land that extends into water |
| Appalachians | mountains located in the "east" |
| Rockies | mountains located in the west |
| land bridge | how the 1st Americans got here |
