Goegraphy Flashcards

(43 cards)

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What is a source of a river?

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This is where the river begins.It usually begins high up (mountains)

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What is an upper course?

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A young river flows quickly.The energy builds and causes the fast flowing river to create waterfalls where the water flows.

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What is the middle course?

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The river gets wider and slows down.

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What is a meander?

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This is a winding or curving bend in a river?

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What is a mouth of the river?

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It is were the river opens into a large body of water like a lake or the ocean.

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What is a lower course of a river?

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it is usually slower and wider because all of the tributaries have joined up.

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What is a tributary?

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it is a smaller river or stream that flows into a larger river.

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distributary

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it is a stream that branches off and flows out of a larger river.

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some uses of water are..

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drinking
farming
recreation
transport
hygiene
energy

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10
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river pollution:
what are some ways we as humans pollute rivers?

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oil
litter
chemicals
human waste

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coastal plain (what is it?)

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it is an area of flat land, lying close to the coast and not very high above sea level.

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plateau (what is it?)

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it is an area of fairly level high ground.

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escarpment (what is it?)

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it is a long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau.

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give 3 examples of physical features/landforms in S.A

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Table mountain, Drakensberg mountains and grasslands

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draw a compass

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it should have all of these:
N,NNE,NE,ENE,SE,E,SSE,S,SSW,SW,WSW,W,NNW,
NW,WNW

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political maps (what are they?)

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they show state and national borders and capital and major cities.

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physical maps (what are they?)

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they illustrate the physical features of an area, such as the mountains, rivers and lakes.

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what colour is the sea shown on a map?

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what colour is the lowest land shown on a map?

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what colour is the highest land shown on a map?

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white or purple

21
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what are the 7 continents?
(remember the song)

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Asia, Africa, north and south America, Antartica and Europe and finally Australia

22
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the equator is in the

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middle of the earth

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the equator
(what is it?)

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an imaginary line dividing the earth into the southern and northern hemisphere

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tropic of cancer
(Were is it?)

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it is just above the equator

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continent (what is it?)
A large mass of land
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country (what is it?)
An area of land controlled by its own goverment.
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province (what is it?)
A smaller part of a country witch is run by a municipality.
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A city (what is it?)
A smaller urban area were many people live.
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border (what is it?)
An imaginary line dividing two countries or areas.
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what are the names of S.A's provinces?
Limpopo Western Cape Northern Cape Western Cape North West Free State KwaZulu-Natal Mpumalanga Gauteng
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S.A’s Neighbours and their capital cities: What is Mozambique’s capital city?
Maputo
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What is Zimbabwe’s capital city?
Harare
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What does Botswana’s capital city?
Gaborone
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What is the capital city of Namibia?
Windhoek
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Give me 5 examples of landlocked countries?
Chad Niger Zimbabwe Botswana Zambia
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Give me 5 examples of coastal countries
South Africa Egypt Congo Mozambique Namibia
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What are S.A’s neighbors?
Zimbabwe,Mozambique,Botswana,Namibia,Lesotho,Swaziland
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Capital city (What is it?)
The most important or biggest City in a country or province.It is also we’re the government works.
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National capital cities (What is it?)
Is we’re the government meets.
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Provincial capital cities (What is it?)
Usually the biggest city in a province
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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.
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What is the capital city of Lesotho?
Maseru
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What is the capital city of Swaziland?
Mbabane