OCEANOGRAPHY 100/101 -- GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES
Directions: Use the accompanying world map to locate and label the following geographic features, using different colors for different categories. (Note: you may need to draw in a few of the features listed below.)
Oceans
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Pacific Ocean |
Atlantic Ocean |
Indian Ocean |
Arctic Ocean |
Continents
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North America |
South America |
Europe |
Asia |
Africa |
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Australia |
Antarctica |
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Islands/Other Land Masses
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Aleutian Islands |
Hawaiian Islands |
Galápagos Islands |
Canary Islands |
West Indies |
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Channel Islands (southern California) |
Tierra del Fuego |
Guam |
Society Islands (Tahiti) |
Krakatoa (Indonesia) |
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Philippines |
Greenland |
Iceland |
Long Island (N.Y.) |
New Zealand |
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Great Britain |
India |
Baja California |
Japan |
Bermuda |
Seas/Gulfs/Bays (worldwide, there are over 120 recognized seas/gulfs/bays/channels/bights/passages!)
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Mediterranean Sea |
South China Sea |
Bering Sea |
Caribbean Sea |
Gulf of Mexico |
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Sea of Okhotsk |
Sea of Japan |
North Sea |
Red Sea |
Black Sea |
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Baltic Sea |
Coral Sea |
Beaufort Sea |
Gulf of Alaska |
Sargasso Sea |
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Persian Gulf |
Arabian Sea |
Bay of Bengal |
Tasman Sea |
Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) |
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Labrador Sea |
Bay of Fundy |
Hudson Bay |
Chesapeake Bay |
San Francisco Bay |
Salt Lakes (often termed "seas")
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Caspian Sea |
Aral Sea |
Great Salt Lake |
Dead Sea |
Salton Sea |
Mountain Ranges
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Himalayan Mountains |
Andes Mountains |
Cascade Mountains |
Rocky Mountains |
Alps |
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Sierra Nevada Mountains (California) |
Ural Mountains |
Mid-Ocean Ridge (MOR) |
East Pacific Rise |
Mid-Atlantic Ridge |
Oceanographic Features
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Bering Strait |
Strait of Magellan |
Strait of Gibraltar |
Strait of Juan de Fuca |
Cape Agulhas |
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Cape Horn |
Drake Passage |
Mariana Trench |
Emperor Seamounts |
Great Barrier Reef |
Other Important Features
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Amazon River |
Columbia River |
Nile River |
Suez Canal |
Tibetan Plateau |
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Equator |
Tropic of Capricorn |
Tropic of Cancer |
San Andreas Fault |
East African Rift Valley |
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Pacific Ring of Fire |
Brazil (Country) |
Peru (Country) |
Bangladesh (Country) |
Benguela (city in Angola, Africa) |