geographical features

IRANYS URBINA GUTIÉRREZ

GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURESLEARNING CONTENT IN ENGLISH

BAY

BAY

DEFINITION: A broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inward.

VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT:

‘As Trevor said this, they passed over the mountains, showing a bay with a large city surrounding it.’

DELTA

DELTA

DEFINITION: A delta is a land form that is formed at the mouth of a river where the mainstream splits up into several distributaries

VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT:

Over long periods, this deposition builds the characteristic geographic pattern of a river delta.

PENINSULA

PENINSULA

DEFINITION: A piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water.

VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT:

‘The island's 3,700 acres of tropical rainforest are a biological reserve that also includes five surrounding peninsulas on the Panama mainland.’

WATERFALL

WATERFALL

DEFINITION: A cascade of water falling from a height, formed when a river or stream flows over a precipice or steep incline.

VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT:

‘Fast-flowing rivers create spectacular waterfalls, gorges and a myriad of caves.’

CANYON

CANYON

DEFINITION: A deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it.

VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT:

‘Oak woodland develops best in moist, protected canyons and valleys with deep alluvial soils.’

ESTUARY

ESTUARY

DEFINITION: The tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.

VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT:

‘The turtles spend most of their lives in mangrove-lined tidal estuaries, where rivers flow into the sea.’

PLAINS

PLAINS

DEFINITION: A plain is a flat region. Plains occur as lowlands and at the bottoms of valleys but also on plateaus or uplands at high elevations.

VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT:

Plains in many areas are important for agriculture because where the soils were deposited as sediments they may be deep and fertile, and the flatness facilitates mechanization of crop production; or because they support grasslands which provide good grazing for livestock.

CLIFFS

CLIFFS

DEFINITION: A steep rock face, especially at the edge of the sea.

VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT:

‘His daughter's empty camper van was found parked at the edge of cliffs near her home in Cornwall.’

PEAK

PEAK

DEFINITION: The pointed top of a mountain.

VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT:

‘How it ended up on the peak of a snowy mountain (located over a crocodile lake and through a blue tunnel) is a question we'll have to save for another day.’

REEF

REEF

DEFINITION: A ridge of jagged rock, coral, or sand just above or below the surface of the sea.

VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT:

‘To illustrate the point, Knowlton offers the example of coral reefs, which she describes as the most diverse ecosystems in the world.’

REFERENCESContent taken from:

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/es/definicion/ingles_americano/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/