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• Geographical terms

  Different geographical terms
• Maps


  Different kinds of maps
• World's oceans and other bodies of water

  • Oceans
  • Other bodies of water
• How ocean currents affect the climate of the world


  1. Ocean currents

  2. Effect on climate
• Landforms and mountains


  • Continents
  • Islands
  • Cays
  • Atolls
  • Peninsula and capes
  • Panhandle
  • Reef
  • Mountains
• Flat maps

  • Standard flat maps are those most of us are familiar with
• Route maps

  • Useful reference tools especially for airlines which often distributes a map that shows all the route it flies
• Globe


  • The most accurate maps to use

  
• Mental maps

  • It represents the way how you picture geography in your mind
• Hemisphere


  One of the halves into which the Earth is divided
• Latitude


  Lines that circle the earth parallel to the equator and measures the distance north or south of the equator in degrees
• Longitude


  The distance east and west from the arbitrary line called the prime meridian
• Equator

  Measured at 0' latitude, while Poles lie at the latitude 90'N and 90'S. Parallel north of the equator are called north latitude. Parallel south are called south of the equator
• International Date Line


  A vertical zigzagging line that bisects the Pacific Ocean. Crossing it requires a bit complicated thinking often expressed as "gaining a day" or "losing a day"
• Climates of the world can be affected by the heating and cooling of the world's ocean
• If a city lies near an ocean, its influence on the accessibility, desirability, prosperity, culture is greatly felt
• Cruise industry was born because of the oceans and other bodies of water, that's why they play a very important role in the tourism industry
• Ocean currents

  Ocean water that continuously moves in one direction
• Coriolis effect


  Because the earth is continuously rotating it affect the ocean currents to move in one or two directions: clock wise or counter clockwise
• Gulf Stream

  A strong ocean current that brings warm water from the Gulf of Mexico into the Atlantic Ocean from near the equator all the way to Great Britain
• California Current


  A wide, slow moving and cold current that flows in the Pacific Ocean
• Benguela Current


  A cold current in South Atlantic Ocean, originating at the southern tip of the continent of Africa, flowing northward along the southwest coast of Africa
• Humboldt Current


  A cold-water current in the South Pacific Ocean that runs along the Peruvian and Chilean coastline in South America
• Kuroshio Current


  A warm ocean current that flows in the North Pacific Ocean, originating in Chinese Taipei near the equator and flows past Japan
• Bodies of water

  • Gulf
  • River
  • Waterfall
  • Sea
  • Lake
  • Lagoon
  • Bayous
  • Deltas
  • Geysers
  • Springs
  • Bay
  • Fjord
• Landforms

  • Continents
  • Islands
  • Cays
  • Atolls
  • Peninsula and capes
  • Panhandle
  • Reef
  • Mountains
• The top 10 highest mountains of the world are: 1. Mount Everest/Sagarmatha/Chomolungma, Nepal- China, 2. K2 Pakistan -China, 3. Kangchenjunga, Nepal- India, 4. Lhotse, Nepal- China, 5. Makalu, Nepal- China, 6. Cho Oyu, Nepal – China, 7. Dhaulagari 1, Nepal, 8. Manaslu, Manaslu Himal, Nepal, 9. Nanga Parbat, Nanga Parbat Himalayas, Pakistan, 10.Annapurna Massif, Nepal