Word by word-地理学基本词汇英语解释

Word by Gewogorradphy
forest/woods • A forest is a large area where
trees grow close together.
• Synonyms: trees, grove
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hill
• A hill is an area of land that is higher than the land that surrounds it.
completely surrounded by water.
• Synonyms: isle
peninsula
• A peninsula is a long narrow piece of land which sticks out from a larger piece of land and is almost completely surrounded by water.
mountain peak • A peak is the top of a mountain.
• Synonyms: point, top, tip, summit
• ...the snow-covered peaks.
valley • A valley is a low stretch of land
• ...the Sahara Desert. • ...the burning desert sun.
jungle • A jungle is a forest in a tropical
country where large numbers of tall trees and plants grow very close together.
• __G_e_o_g_r_a_p_h_y_, • The Study Of Land, • The Study of Places, • The STUDY Of Earth Surfaces, • We Read Low Air Pressure, • In Which Air Goes Upwards, • We Read High Air Pressure, • In Which the Air Comes Downwards, • We Read Monsoon, • Which Is Moon Loon, • We See A Globe, • Which Is Slob, • We See A Map, • Which Is Plan.
meadow • A meadow is a field which has grass
and flowers growing in it.
• Synonyms: field, pasture, grassland
stream/brook • A stream is a small narrow river. • A brook is a small stream.
• Synonyms: pond, pool, reservoir
• saltwater lake = lagoon
plains • A plain is a large flat area of land
with very few trees on it.
• Synonyms: flatland, prairie
and fairly flat land.
• Synonyms: upland, highland
canyon • A canyon is a long, narrow valley
with very steep sides.
• ...the Grand Canyon.
dune/sand dune
• Synonyms: creek
pond
• a pool of still water, often artificially created
• a fishpond
the Potala Palace (in Lhasa, Tibet)
plateau • A plateau is a large area of high
• Synonyms: rainforest, forest
seashore/shore
• the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or wide river
bay
• a part of a sea or lake that cuts into the shoreline
ocean
• a very large stretch of sea, esp one of the five oceans of the world, the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic
island • An island is a piece of land that is
between hills, especially one that has a river flowing through it.
• ..a wooded valley.
The Three Gorges
lake • A lake is a large area of fresh
water, surrounded by land.
• A dune is a hill of sand near the sea or in a desert.
desert
• A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
• a hillside • a hilltop
mountain range
• a series of connected mountains considered as a single system because of geographical nearness or common origin