Geography
topic-specific vocabulary
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For
reference, see the
Easier English Dictionary for Students
(978 0 7475 6624 3)
A. Put the words in each line in the box in order according to their size (the smallest first, the
largest last). In each list there is one word that does not belong with the others.
1. forest • tree • copse • beach • wood
2. road • peak • footpath • track • lane
3
mountain • hillock • shore • hill •
mountain range
4. gorge • plain • waterfall • hollow • valley
5. gulf • ridge • inlet • bay • cove
6. cliff • brook • river • estuary •
stream
7. city • continent • tributary • county • country
8. pond • puddle • ocean • sea • cape • lake
Can you think of any examples of the following in your country?
Forest
Mountain
Mountain range
Valley
Gorge
Plain
Gulf
River
Estuary
Sea
Lake
B. Put the words and expressions in the box into their correct category in the tables on the
next page. Some can be included in more than one category.
depopulation • mountainous • urban sprawl • fertile • ridge • cliff
densely populated • coast • under-developed • summit • industrialised
peninsula • shore • vegetation • glacier • beach •
plateau
irrigation • conurbation • cape • source • coastline • tributary
waterfall • mouth • peak • overcrowding • highlands
