NORTH POLE, SOUTH POLE, the ends of a line passing through the centre of the earth.ĪXIS, the line around which a sphere moves.ĮQUATOR, the line which passes around the earth at equal distances between the poles. POLES, the extremities of the axis of the earth. In many Atlases, the longitude on the map of the world is represented as the “Longitude from London,” while in other maps it is expressed as the “Longitude from Greenwich.” As Greenwich is very near London, the most noted city in the world, the longitude computed from Greenwich is generally called the longitude from London. There is in Greenwich a Royal Observatory, where astronomical and geographical calculations are made, and the longitude for English navigators is computed from this place. LONGITUDE, the distance east or west (usually measured from Greenwich, England.) ∗ ∗ Greenwich is a south-eastern suburb of London. HIGH LATITUDE, very far from the equator, up towards the poles. LATITUDE, the distance north or south of the equator. HORIZON, the distant line which terminates the view.ĭIAMETER, the distance through a globe or circle a straight line through the centre of a circle.ĬIRCUMFERENCE, the distance around a globe or circle. SPHERE, a round body, every point of its surface equi-distant from its centre. GLOBE, a round ball, representing the world on which we live. STALACTITE, a crystalline column, or drop, formed from the roofs of caverns.ĮARTHQUAKE, violent shaking of the crust of the earth. LAVA, the molten mass of earths that come from a volcano. VOLCANO, a mountain sending forth fire and smoke. SPUR, a mountain jutting out from a range. RIDGE, the high backbone of hills or mountains.
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SCHOONER, a small brig, but differently rigged.ĬHAIN, RANGE, a long series of mountains. SHIP, a boat or vessel of the largest class, having three or more masts a large steamboat.īRIG, a vessel of the 2nd class, having two masts, and square sails. Some vessels require only two or three feet of water to float them others require twenty-five feet. These deltas often become bars, and obstruct navigation at the mouth of a river sometimes they form large islands.
The soil deposited by settlings from the muddy waters of a river. The land between these branches is called the Delta, from its resembling in shape the Greek The River Nile, just before its entrance into the Mediterranean, separates, and flows into the sea by several branches. The name is applied to any portion of land separated from the main land by a river which has two or more mouths.
The shape of the letter is like a triangle.
∗The word Delta is the name of the fourth letter in the Greek alphabet, having the same sound with D in the English alphabet. TORRENT, the rushing of water through the chasms of hills.įRESHET, a great rise of a river after heavy rain-falls. INLET, an arm of the sea projecting into the land a short water-passage between two bodies of water.ĮSTUARY, a large inlet an arm of the sea into which rivers flow.ĪQUEDUCT, an artificial water-passage a canal.īRIDGE, a passage over water a structure over a chasm. REEF, a low ledge of rocks extending out into the sea. SHORE, the portion of land that forms the border of seas, rivers, &c. PROMONTORY, a high bluff extending towards the sea.īANKS, shores of a river shoals in the sea shallow places. PENINSULA, land almost surrounded by water.ĬAPE, a point of land extending out into the sea.
ISLAND, a portion of land, surrounded by water. SHOALS, shallow places where there is little depth of water. TIDE, the semi-daily rise and fall of the sea. ROADSTEAD, a portion of a bay, where ships can find anchorage.įRITH, a wide mouth of a river an estuary. SOUND, a bay or frith a great inlet of the sea with anchorage. RIVER, a stream of water flowing into the sea. GULF, a large body of salt water, almost surrounded by land.īAY, a large body of water, opening into a sea or lake. LOCK, the portion of a canal between two flood-gates. STRAIT, a narrow channel, or water-passage, connecting seas or lakes.ĬHANNEL, a wide strait, or water-passage. LAKE, a large body of fresh water (rarely salt water). GEOLOGY, a description of the strata, or layers of earth, stone, metals, &c. NATURAL, caused by the laws of nature-God's handiwork. GEOGRAPHY, a description of the surface of the earth.
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