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Geographic Terms

ANTIPODES A region or place on the opposite side of a point on the earth.

ANTICYCLONES Winds which blow outward from the center.

APHELION Position of the earth in its orbit when is at the maximum distance from the sun.

ARCHIPELAGO A cluster of islands, e.g., Pearl Islands in the Gulf of Panama.

ATOLL Coral reef resembling a horse shoe, enclosing a lagoon.

AXIS An imaginary line joining north and south poles.

AVALANCHE A vast mass of snow mixed with earth or stones.

BIOSPHERE Animate or inanimate organic kingdom on earth.

CANYON A deep valley cut by a river through a mountain region, e,g., the Grand Canyon of the Colarado river in the USA.

CONTINENTAL SHELF Land adjoining a continent submerged in the sea.

CYCLONES A low pressure system area in which the wind blows spirally inward.

CROP ROTATION Growing different crops needing different minerals for their growth in the same piece of land in order to get more yield.

DATE LINE An imaginary line pointing north-south approximating to the Meridian 180 (east or west) where the date changes by one day the moment it is crossed.

ANTIPODES A region or place on the opposite side of a point on the earth.

ANTICYCLONES Winds which blow outward from the center.

APHELION Position of the earth in its orbit when is at the maximum distance from the sun.

ARCHIPELAGO A cluster of islands, e.g., Pearl Islands in the Gulf of Panama.

ATOLL Coral reef resembling a horse shoe, enclosing a lagoon.

AXIS An imaginary line joining north and south poles.

AVALANCHE A vast mass of snow mixed with earth or stones.

BIOSPHERE Animate or inanimate organic kingdom on earth.

CANYON A deep valley cut by a river through a mountain region, e,g., the Grand Canyon of the Colarado river in the USA.

CONTINENTAL SHELF Land adjoining a continent submerged in the sea.

CYCLONES A low pressure system area in which the wind blows spirally inward.

CROP ROTATION Growing different crops needing different minerals for their growth in the same piece of land in order to get more yield.

DATE LINE An imaginary line pointing north-south approximating to the Meridian 180 (east or west) where the date changes by one day the moment it is crossed.

DELTA Alluvial deposit shaped like Greek letter, formed at the mouth of the river, where it falls into the sea, e.g., the Sunderban delta.

DEW Condensed atmospheric water vapours due to the cooling of the air.

DRY FARMING Growing of crops in low rainfall areas by moisture conservation, crop rotation but without irrigation.

EQUATOR An imaginary line dividing the earth into two equal parts.

EQUINOXES The day on which nights and days are of equal duration, e.g., March 22 and September 23.

EROSION Wearing away of the earth's land surface by rain, wind, water, etc. rendering the land infertile. Alluvial deposit shaped like Greek letter, formed at the mouth of the river, where it falls into the sea, e.g., the Sunderban delta.

DEW Condensed atmospheric water vapours due to the cooling of the air.

DRY FARMING Growing of crops in low rainfall areas by moisture conservation, crop rotation but without irrigation.

EQUATOR An imaginary line dividing the earth into two equal parts.

EQUINOXES The day on which nights and days are of equal duration, e.g., March 22 and September 23.

EROSION Wearing away of the earth's land surface by rain, wind, water, etc. rendering the land infertile.

Posted by Riaz in Orkut . E&OE Republished by qblp team.

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