five themes of geography

five themes of geography study tool

region

region is a geographic place

movement

movement is when something or someone moves from one place to another

human-environment interaction

how people affect their environment and how their environment affects them

place

a place is what you can use to help you find out were you are

location

location is where something is

dessert

a dessert is a dry land with few plants and little rain

mountains

mountains are land with steep sides that rise to 1,000 feet above surrounding land

valley

a valley is a low-lying area between mountains or hills

plateau

a plateau is an area of flat land at high elevation

plain

a plain is usually at a low elevation and often covered with grass

peninsula

a peninsula is a piece of land that’s mostly surrounded by water (usually on three sides)

basin

a basin is a low area of land;it is usually drained by a river and it’s branches

delta

a delta is landed formed from soil deposited at the mouth of the river

river

a river is a large stream of water that runs through the land

ocean

the ocean is a major body of water of salt water

sea

the sea is a large body of salt water completely or partly surrounded by land

mouth

a mouth is a place where the river flows into a large body of water

legend

you would use a legend to tell what the symbols on a map represent

scale

you would use a scale to see how far away things actually are

compass

people use compasses to see which way there going(north, east, south, west)

absolute location

absolute location is exactly where you are

relative location

relative location is about where you are but not exactly