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- Alluvium–Silt sediment carried by rivers and deposited on land to make it fertile.
- Anti-Cyctone–High pressure wind’s blowing outwards from the center, clockwise in the northern hemispere and anti clockwise in the southern’s hemisphere.
- Antipodes–A region on the opposite side of the earth.
- Aphelion–See physical geography
- Archipelago–A group of islands- example Malaysian Archioelago.
- Basins–Area of land drained by a river.
- Cape–Terminating point of the neck of land extending into the sea.
- Bore–Tidal wave which breaks in the estuaries of some rivers with great force and noise.
- Magma-The moulten rock.
- Igloo-Hut of snow,wherein the Eskemos Live.
- Lagoon–A shallow lake formed at the mouth of a river or sea sand mound separating it.
- Orbit–The path of the earth or other planets round the sun.
- Zenith-The highest point in heaven
- Volcano-An opening in the earth’s surface forming a hill from which the heated material ejects.
- Sirocco-Wet or dry wind that blows across the Mediterranean to its northern shores.
- Orbit–The path of the earth or other planets round the sun.
- Plateau–Elevated land rising abruptly 3000 to 4000ft, above sea level.
- Oasis-A spot in a desert made fertile by the presence of water.
- Rain Gauage-Instrument for measuring rainfall.
- Sounding-To determine the dept of the sea.
- Tributary-A stream falling into another steam.
- Mist-Water drops present in- the lower layer of the atmosphere caused by condensation of water vapours.
- Cold water–A cold current flowing between Greenland and America.
- Contours-Lines connecting parts of the same altitude above the sea level.
- Biosphere-Organic life on the earth.
- Isthmus–Narrow piece of land connecting two land masses.
- Leeward–A nautical term, meaning the sheltered side of a ship-that is the opposite side to that.from which the wind is blowing.
- Iceage–It is the period when ice sheets and glaciers covered large areas of the earth.
- Iceberg–A large mass of a glaciers floating in the sea..
- Hinterland–Inland region from seaport.
- Hurricane–A violent gale with occasional thunder and lighting.
- Dofstar–It is the nearest star to the earth and the brightest.
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