TERMS for Geography of Utah

PART 1 - TERMS

Geography of Utah

Human geography

Physical geography

5 themes of geography

Location

Latitude

Longitude

Mid-latitude

Continental

Earth

Google Earth

City

School district

School

(Census tract)

Topography

Contour

Terrain

Place

Boundary

Political boundary

History

State of Utah

County

Sense of place

Placelessness

Interaction

Rural

Urban

Interaction of human and physical environment

Webs of relationships among people, places and environments

Geographic thinking

Geographic dimensions

Spatial scale

Time scales -- also called temporal scale

Movement

Migration

Population movements

Cultural diffusion

Migration stream

Interstate highways

Region

Regions of Utah

Physiographic province

Hydrologic basin

Climate zone

Bioregion

County

PART 2 - TERMS

Earth systems

5 subsystems of Earth systems

Geosphere

Landmarks

Materials

Rock cycle

Bedrock

Sediment

Landforms

Tectonics

Processes of erosion and deposition

Scenery

Geologic resources

Geologic hazards

Earthquake

Scarp

Fault scarp

Fault

Wasatch Fault

Basin and Range physiographic province

Colorado Plateau physiographic province

Rocky Mountain physiographic province

Hydrosphere

Wet water versus paper water

Water right

Water supply

Watershed

Drainage basin

Water cycle

Surface water

Ground water

Colorado River drainage basin

Great Basin

Snake River drainage basin

Bonneville Basin

Great Salt Lake

Atmosphere

Climate

Weather

Climate change

Ice Age global glacial climate

Today’s global interglacial climate

Lake Bonneville

Winter low pressure systems

Summer monsoons

Arctic blasts

Evaporation

Transpiration

Precipitation

Greatest Snow on Earth

Desert climate zone

Steppe climate zone

Humid continental climate zone

Upland or montane climate zone

Biosphere

Habitat

Niche

Flora

Fauna

Ecoregion

Species

Biodiversity

Invasive species

Central Basin and Range ecoregion

Mojave-Southern Basin and Range ecoregion

Wyoming Basin ecoregion

Wasatch and Uinta Mountains ecoregion

Colorado Plateaus ecoregion

Southern Rockies ecoregion

Northern Basin and Range ecoregion

Anthrosphere

Utah’s early peoples

29 counties of Utah

I-15; I-80; I-84; I-70

Wasatch Front

Social and behavioral sciences

7 fields of social and behavioral sciences at UofU

Anthropology

Economics

Family and consumer studies

Geography

Geography of Utah

Psychology

Political science

Sociology

Atlas

Atlas for a Utah School Project

Land ownership

Bureau of Land Management

Water rights

State Engineer

PART 3 - TERMS ... not posted as of 1/20/2011.