Geographical Terms

ANTIPODES ANTICYCLONES APHELION ARCHIPELAGO ATOLL AXIS AVALANCHE BIOSPHERE CANYON CONTINENTAL SHELF CYCLONES CROP ROTATION A region or place on the opposite side of a point on the earth. Winds which blow outward from the center. Position of the earth in its orbit when is at the maximum distance from the sun. A cluster of islands, e.g., Pearl Islands in the Gulf of Panama. Coral reef resembling a horse shoe, enclosing a lagoon. An imaginary line joining north and south poles. A vast mass of snow mixed with earth or stones. Animate or inanimate organic kingdom on earth. A deep valley cut by a river through a mountain region, e,g., the Grand Canyon of the Colarado river in the USA. Land adjoining a continent submerged in the sea. A low pressure system area in which the wind blows spirally inward. Growing different crops needing different minerals for their growth in the same piece of land in order to get more yield. 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.

DATE LINE

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DELTA DEW DRY FARMING EQUATOR EQUINOXES EROSION ECLIPSE FOG FROST HIGH SEAS ICEBERG ISOBARS ISOTHERMS ISTHMUS

Alluvial deposit shaped like Greek letter, formed at the mouth of the river, where it falls into the sea, e.g., the Sunderban delta. Condensed atmospheric water vapours due to the cooling of the air. Growing of crops in low rainfall areas by moisture conservation, crop rotation but without irrigation. An imaginary line dividing the earth into two equal parts. The day on which nights and days are of equal duration, e.g., March 22 and September 23. Wearing away of the earth's land surface by rain, wind, water, etc. rendering the land infertile. When one earthly body obscures another one partially or completely. When the atmospheric moisture touches cold earth and condenses on dust particles. When the atmospheric moisture deposits in the shape of icy flakes on the exposed objects or near the ground due to below freezing point temperature. The parts of the sea which do not come under the territorial jurisdiction of the nations. Huge mass of ice separated from glacier in the polar regions. These masses of ice float in the oceans with 9 parts submerged in the ocean and one part visible. Lines on the map connecting the places of the same pressure. Lines on the map joining the places of the same temperature. Narrow neck of land joining two land areas.

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KUNDAN LAGOON LIGHT YEAR LOCAL TIME MERIDIAN MIST OASIS ORBIT PYGMALLION POINT PRAIRIES REEF SAVANNA SIDEREAL DAY SNOW LINE SPRING TIDES

Anew variety of wheat which gives high yields in both rained and irrigated tracts and responds well to low dose of water and fertiliser. A shallow stream of water at the mouth of a river enclosed bu dunes of river silt. The distance traveled by light in one year. It is equal to 9.4*10612 km. Time calculated from the sun at noon at any place of earth. Imaginary line joining north and south poles and cutting the equator at right angles. It is just like fog but contain more moisture. A part of the desert where water and vegetation are found. The path of the heavenly bodies. The southernmost point of India, 700 km away from mainland India. Smooth, treeless, green plain of Central and North America. Jutting of rock or shingle or sand at just above or below sea level. Land covered with natural grass. Time taken by the earth to rotate once round its axis. Altitudinal line along which the area remains snow clad. Higher tides in the ocean caused by the sun and the moon together. When the sun, the earth and the

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moon are positioned in a straight line. Tides caused by the differences of the forces exerted by the moon and the sun when both are at right angles to each other. A brisk and violent storm generally having rotator motion.

NEAP TIDES TORNADO

TUNDRAS

Peripheral area of Arctic ocean.

TYCOON

Violent hurricane in China Sea.

WEATHER SATELLITE

Artificial satellite designed to forecast weather.

WESTERLIES

Constant winds blowing from south-west in the northern hemisphere and north-west in south hemisphere.

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