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Spanish Vocabulary List: Geography & Terrain

©RCAguilar
OBJECTIVE:
Be able to describe your natural surroundings with more than just "dirt, rocks, a wet spot, etc."
TASK:
Describe pictures of various landscapes, or describe landscapes in varied movies, or think about being in a different country and talk about the geographic changes you see. Be creative!
PERPLEXED?
Dirt.
©Gary Colston 1998


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If you stand in one spot and look from left to right, what do you see? Well, it's going to be different for everyone. Some folks live in cities, and they'll see building after building. Other folks see nature, and they'll see more of the geographic area in which they find themselves. If you've traveled to the Grand Canyon, or to the Pacific Coast, or through the deserts of the Western United States, or any mountain range - well, ... you've seen more of these terms through experience.

©Chris Seddon 1997
How do you describe the world you live in?
Which geographic types are wet?
Which geographic types are dry?
Where can one most likely find lush vegetation and/or edible plant life?

EXERCISES WITH PREPOSITIONS
Use the following terms to create prepositional phrases (that make sense) ... just to get used to describing WHERE and IN WHAT POSITION things can be.
The answer to the first item is shown. Hilite the cells next to the other options to see the correct phrases.
a = to
to the beach a la playa
to the horizon al horizonte
to the shore a la orilla
to the bay a la bahía
to the river al río
hacia = toward
toward the cliff hacia la escarpa
toward the cascade hacia la cascada
toward the grassland hacia el prado
toward the gully hacia la zanja
toward the butte hacia el cerro
en = in, at
in the brook en el arroyo
at the mountain top en la cumbra
in the mud en el lodo
in the canyon en el cañon
in the valley en el valle
de = from
from the rut del surco
from the ridge de la loma
from the bayou del canalizo
from the pond del estanque
from the rainforest de la selva aluvial
bajo = under
under the avalanche bajo el alud
under the sea bajo el mar
under the channel bajo el cauce
under the ground bajo la tierra
under the embankment bajo el ribazo
hasta = until, up to
up to the chasm hasta la abertura
until the gorge hasta la barranca
up to the lagoon hasta la laguna
up to the summit hasta la cima
up to the waterfall hasta la catarata
sobre = over
over the jungle sobre la jungla
over the prairie sobre la pradera
over the island sobre la isla
over the volcano sobre el volcán
over the mire sobre el cenagal
Click on the symbols below to hear the sound file:
A
archipelago
el archipiélago
atoll
el atolón
avalanche
el alud
B
bank
el/la margen
la orilla
basin
la cuenca
el estanque
el valle
bay
la abertura
la bahía
la cala
la ensenada
bayou
el afluente
el canalizo
beach
la playa
bluff
el acantilado
bog
el cenagal
el marjal
el pantano
el paúl
el tremedal
brae
la ladera
el ribazo
brake
el jaral
el matorral
brook
la acequia (Peru)
el arroyo
el riachuelo
bush
la maraña
el matorral
butte
el cerro
la colina aislada
la mota
el otero
C
canal
la acequia
el canal
canyon
el cañon
cape
el cabo
el promontorio
cascade
la cascada
cataract
la catarata
cave
la caverna
la cueva
cavern
el antro
la caverna
channel
el canal
el cauce
la caz
chasm
la abertura
chaparral
el chaparral
clearing (jungle)
la abra
cleft (ground)
la abra
la grieta
la hendidura
cliff
el acantilado
la escarpa
el farallón
el precipicio
el risco
coast
la costa
copse (coppice)
el matorral
country(side)
el campo
cove
la abertura
la abra
la cala
la ensenada
crag
el despeñadero
el peñasco
el risco
crater
el cráter
creek
el arroyo
la cala
la caleta
el riachuelo
crest
la cima
la cresta
crevice
la hendidura
D
dale
la abra
la cañada
el valle
dam
la presa
declivity
el declive
delta
la delta
desert
el desierto
el yermo
dike
el dique
ditch
la cacera
la zanja
draw
el arroyo
el barranco
drift
el arrastrado (nieve, arena, etc.)
el ventisquero (nieve)
drop-off
la caída
dune
la duna
el médano
el medaño
E
embankment
el ribazo
escarpment
la escarpa
estuary
el estuario
la ría
F
*fault
la falla
field
el campo
firth
la ría
fissure
la abra
la grieta
la hendidura
fjord
la ría
flatland
el llano
la llanura
la planicie
floodplain
la llanura aluvial
flume
la caz
ford
la vadera
el vado
forest
la selva
freshet
la riada
furrow
el surco (nieve)
G
geyser
el géiser
glacier
el glaciar
el helero
el ventisquero
glen
la cañada
la hondonada
el vallejuelo
gorge
la barranca
el desfiladero
grassland
el prado
la tierra de pasto
gravel pit
la cantera
la hoya
el hoyo
grotto
la gruta
ground
la tierra
gulf
el golfo
gully
la zanja
H
headland
el farall&oa