GEOGRAPHY UNIT 2

GLOSSARY

LAND AND COASTAL RELIEF:

ESTUARY

- Plateau: large areas of flat or slightly hilly.
- Plains: large areas of flat or slightly hilly, smaller than a plateau.
- Glacier: large mass of ice.
- Stream: flow of water.
- Delta: accumulation of materials.
- Estuary: mouth of a river open to the sea.
- Gulfs: are deep inlets of the sea.
- Beaches: are formed by the accumulation of the sand and gravel.

- Capes: are large areas of hight coastal land.
- Cliffs: are high rock faces at the edge of the sea.
- Continental shelf: is the land that is underwater.
- Abyssal plain: is a large expanse of land.
- Continental slope: is the incline from the continental platform down to the abyssal plain.

DESERTS AND RAINFOREST:

- Cactus: a plant spiny, usually with flowers.
- Tail: the posterior part of an animal.
- Insulation: sun rays hitting the Earth surface.
- Fall: the same as autunm.

RATTLESNAKE

VEGETATION AND FAUNA IN EUROPE AND IN SPAIN:

VEGETATION:

  

OAKS

ALPINE PASTURES

TUNDRA

                       

                                          MEADOWS

     FAUNA:                                                                     

BIRCHES

TIZON LIZARD

FALLOW DEAR

MARTEN

STORK