Geography Terms, maps, and examples

1. Geography Terms, maps, and examples

2. El Aprieto A strait is a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.

3. El archipiélago An archipelago is a large group or chain of islands

4. La bahía A bay is a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.

5. El bosque Forest

6. La cascada Angel Falls, Venezuela Iguazu Falls, Argentina

7. La colina Hill

8. El Ecuador The equator is an imaginary line (or one drawn on a map etc) passing round the globe, at an equal distance from the North and South poles. It Passes through the Spanish speaking countries of Colombia and Ecuador (named after the equator).

9. El golfo

10. El hemisferio

11. El istmo An isthmus is a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land.

12. La isla

13. El lago

14. El mar

15. Las montañas Andes Mountains

16. El océano

17. La península

18. El río Spain

19. El valle Urubamba Valley, also known as the Sacred Valley, near Cuzco, Peru