Goegraphy Flashcards
What is a source of a river?
This is where the river begins.It usually begins high up (mountains)
What is an upper course?
A young river flows quickly.The energy builds and causes the fast flowing river to create waterfalls where the water flows.
What is the middle course?
The river gets wider and slows down.
What is a meander?
This is a winding or curving bend in a river?
What is a mouth of the river?
It is were the river opens into a large body of water like a lake or the ocean.
What is a lower course of a river?
it is usually slower and wider because all of the tributaries have joined up.
What is a tributary?
it is a smaller river or stream that flows into a larger river.
distributary
it is a stream that branches off and flows out of a larger river.
some uses of water are..
drinking
farming
recreation
transport
hygiene
energy
river pollution:
what are some ways we as humans pollute rivers?
oil
litter
chemicals
human waste
coastal plain (what is it?)
it is an area of flat land, lying close to the coast and not very high above sea level.
plateau (what is it?)
it is an area of fairly level high ground.
escarpment (what is it?)
it is a long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau.
give 3 examples of physical features/landforms in S.A
Table mountain, Drakensberg mountains and grasslands
draw a compass
it should have all of these:
N,NNE,NE,ENE,SE,E,SSE,S,SSW,SW,WSW,W,NNW,
NW,WNW
political maps (what are they?)
they show state and national borders and capital and major cities.
physical maps (what are they?)
they illustrate the physical features of an area, such as the mountains, rivers and lakes.
what colour is the sea shown on a map?
blue
what colour is the lowest land shown on a map?
green
what colour is the highest land shown on a map?
white or purple
what are the 7 continents?
(remember the song)
Asia, Africa, north and south America, Antartica and Europe and finally Australia
the equator is in the
middle of the earth
the equator
(what is it?)
an imaginary line dividing the earth into the southern and northern hemisphere
tropic of cancer
(Were is it?)
it is just above the equator
continent
(what is it?)
A large mass of land
country
(what is it?)
An area of land controlled by its own goverment.
province
(what is it?)
A smaller part of a country witch is run by a municipality.
A city
(what is it?)
A smaller urban area were many people live.
border
(what is it?)
An imaginary line dividing two countries or areas.
what are the names of S.A’s provinces?
Limpopo
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Western Cape
North West
Free State
KwaZulu-Natal
Mpumalanga
Gauteng
S.A’s Neighbours and their capital cities:
What is Mozambique’s capital city?
Maputo
What is Zimbabwe’s capital city?
Harare
What does Botswana’s capital city?
Gaborone
What is the capital city of Namibia?
Windhoek
Give me 5 examples of landlocked countries?
Chad
Niger
Zimbabwe
Botswana
Zambia
Give me 5 examples of coastal countries
South Africa
Egypt
Congo
Mozambique
Namibia
What are S.A’s neighbors?
Zimbabwe,Mozambique,Botswana,Namibia,Lesotho,Swaziland
Capital city
(What is it?)
The most important or biggest City in a country or province.It is also we’re the government works.
National capital cities
(What is it?)
Is we’re the government meets.
Provincial capital cities
(What is it?)
Usually the biggest city in a province
Why are capital cities important?
It is important because it is we’re a government works.
For example: Pretoria in Gauteng is one of the places we’re the government works.
What is the capital city of Lesotho?
Maseru
What is the capital city of Swaziland?
Mbabane
