Geography, Weather and Temperature

WEATHER
Describing the weather
good, great, nice, beautiful, lovely, excellent, fine, fair, clear, pleasant, terrific;
bad, awful, terrible, nasty, lousy, foul, rotten, miserable, unpleasant, dull;
sunny, warm, hot, mild, cool, cold, freezing, icy, frosty;
cloudy, overcast, foggy, smoggy;
rainy, wet, humid, dry, arid;
windy, calm, windless;
Sunshine
warm sun, hot sun, blazing sun, Indian summer, sunlight, sunrays, sunbeams;
Fog
fog, mist, haze, smog, dew;
thick fog, dense fog, heavy fog, patchy fog, a blanket of fog;
Rain
rain, rainfall, heavy rain, pouring rain, cold rain, steady rain, constant rain, warm rain, light rain, gentle rain;
shower, downpour, deluge, rainstorm, rainbow, drizzle, hail, sleet;
a drop of rain, a droplet, a raindrop;
Snow
snow, snowfall, falling snow, heavy snow, deep snow, fresh snow, light snow, wet snow, melting snow;
snowstorm, blizzard, frost;
snowflake, snowdrift / snowbank, ice, icicle;
Wind
wind, breeze, strong wind, high wind, light wind, cold wind, warm wind, a gust of wind;
windstorm, tropical storm, hurricane, whirlwind, tornado, typhoon, dust storm, sandstorm;
Thunder and lightning
thunderstorm, thunder, a clap of thunder, a thunderclap, a bolt of thunder, a thunderbolt;
lightning, a bolt of lightning, a flash of lightning;
Seasons
winter, spring, summer, autumn / the fall;
Disasters
earthquake, volcano eruption, landslide, avalanche, hurricane;
flood, deluge, tidal wave, tsunami, drought, fire.
Weather reports
weather report, weather forecast, weather man, thermometer, barometer;
climate, temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, three inches of snow.
Sample weather reports
Mainly cloudy with a little drizzle. Slight chance of a rain shower. Northeastern wind at 5 to 10 mph. Temperature
below normal in the north and central regions. Near normal for southern regions. Maximum temperature 10C.

Cold and dry in the morning, warmer later. Windy and increasingly cloudy with sunny periods. Rain expected at
night, with 40 percent chance of showers. Maximum 58 degrees F (14C) in the afternoon. Strong wind expected
Monday, with temperature in low 50s.

Sunny in the morning with cloudy intervals later in the day. Chance of rain 50%. Isolated thunderstorms possible.
Highs in the mid 80s and lows in the upper 60s.

Heat wave expected. Temperature 9798 degrees F (3637 degrees C) to 101103 degrees F (3839 degrees C)
for the next three days. High atmospheric pressure.

Nature, environment, ecology, air pollution, water pollution, acid rain, the cutting down of forests;
industrial waste, chemical waste, toxic waste, nuclear waste;
the ozone hole, the greenhouse effect, global warming.
TEMPERATURE
Fahrenheit and Celsius

Fahrenheit is used in the U.S.; Celsius is used in all other English-speaking countries.
Freezing point of water: 32 degrees Fahrenheit, or 0 degrees Celsius.
Boiling point of water: 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius.
Room temperature: 6568 degrees Fahrenheit, or 1820 degrees Celsius.
Nice warm weather: 7281 degrees Fahrenheit, or 2227 degrees Celsius.
Cold frosty weather: 0 degrees Fahrenheit, or 18 degrees Celsius.

Desert
Oasis - haven
Forest
Tropical forest
Tropical rainforest
Coast
Island
Peninsula
Bay
Gulf
Estuary
Sea
Ocean
Lake
Pool - pond
River
Stream
Canal
Spring
Mountain
Mountain range
Hill
Cliff
Summit
Peak
Pass
Valley
Plain
Plateau
Glacier
Volcano
Continent
Country
Area
District
City
Town
Village
Capital
arctic
Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean
mountain
mountains
state
earthquake
river
temperate
is bounded by
capital
island
climate
continent
coast
country
sea
bordering country
national park
North America
ocean
Pacific, Pacific Ocean
San Andreas Fault (also: San
Andreas Rift)
lake
steep coast
beach
valley
tropical
divided
Absolute humidity
Absolute location
Accessibility resource
Accessibility
Acid rain
Active volcano
Aerosol
Air mass
Alluvia
Alluvial soils
Altitude
Anthracite
Archipelago
Arete
Arroy
Ash
Atlantic Seaboard fall line
Atlas
Atmosphere
Badlands
Base level
Batholith
Bedrock
Biological diversity
Biosphere
Biota
Boundary
Break-in-bulk point
Butte
Caprock
Chinook
Cinder cone
Climax vegetation
Confluence
Coniferous
Continent
Continental climate
Contour lines
Conurbation
Core area
Crust
Cryosphere
De facto segregation
De jure segregation
Deciduous forest
Degree
Discriminatory shipping rates
Dome
Dormant volcano
Dry farming
E
Economies of agglomeration
Elevation
Emergent coastline
Enclave
Equator
Erratic

Exurb
Fall line
Fallow
Fault zone
Federation
Feral animal
Fish ladder
Geomorphology
between these physical
features and the geologic
structures beneath. (IIP 2008)
Geosphere
Great circle route
Grid
Growing season
Harmonic tremor
Hazardous Waste
Hearth
Heavy industry

Horizon
Hot spot
Ice age
Igneous rock
Insular

Latitude
Lava
Leeward
Legume
Life-cycle stage
Longitude
Map
Maritime climate
Mediterranean climate
Mesa
Mesquite
Metropolitan coalescence
Open range
Orographic
Palisades
Plate Tectonics
Plural society
Populated place
Prime Meridian
Rainshadow
Region
Resource
Riparian rights
Riverine
Scale
Sea level
Sedimentary rock
Shield volcano
Smog
Snowline
Territory
Tertiary sector
Threshold
Time distance
Topographic map: A map that
uses contour lines to
represent the three-
dimensional features of a
landscape on a two-
dimensional surface. (USGS
2010)
Topography
Township and range
Tropics
Tundra
Underpopulation
Vent
Water table
Windward