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Unit 1 Geography Vocabulary

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communityA group of people who work in the same place.
locationThe place where something is found.
physical featureSomething found in nature, such as weather, plant life, water, and land.
human-made featureSomething people have built, such as a building, a bridge, or a road.
natural resourceSomething from nature that people can use.
borderA line that shows where a state or nation ends
landformA feature such as a mountain, a valley, plain, or hill
plateauA landform with steep sides and a flat top that rises high into the air
mountain rangeA large chain of mountains
valleyA lowland that lies between hills or mountains
coastal plainA lowland plain that lies along a seacoast or an ocean.
climateThe weather a place has over a long period of time
desertsHot, dry places
tradeTo exchange one thing for another
regionAn area with at least one feature that makes it different from other areas
populationA number of people
urbana city
suburbansmaller communities near the cities
ruralfields, woods, farms, and small towns
intermediate directionsThe in-between directions that give more exact information about the location of a place
landform mapA kind of map that shows a place's physical features like mountains, hills, plains, plateaus,lakes, rivers, and oceans

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