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Geography – Maantiede – Finnish Vocabulary

Geography is the study (tutkimus) of the physical (fyysinen) properties (ominaisuus) of the earth (maa) and its atmosphere (ilmakehä), and of human activity (ihmistoiminta) as it affects (vaikuttaa) and is affected (saada vaikutteita) by these.

This article is pretty limited in its scope, as it focuses mainly on the earth’s physical structure and substance. We also have articles on earth, water and sky vocabulary, and space and planets.

Finnish English
Geography Maantiede
kartta map
kartanpiirtäjä cartographer
(kartan) mittakaava map scale
kartasto atlas
karttapallo globe
kompassi compass
kääntöpiiri tropic
leveyspiiri latitude
maapallo earth
manner continent
mannermainen continental
napa pole
napapiiri polar circle
pallonpuolisko hemisphere
pituuspiiri longitude
päivän tasaaja equator
valtio nation
Topografia Topography
alanko plain
aarnimetsä primeval forest
aavikko desert
aro / steppi steppe
autiomaa wasteland
harju ridge
keidas oasis
kukkula hill
laakso valley
nummi heath
preeria prairie
rinne slope
ruohoaro grasslands
suo swamp
vuori mountain
ylänkö highland
ylitasanko plateau
Finnish English
ekologia ecology
aluskasvillisuus undergrowth
ekosysteemi ecosystem
elinympäristö biological environment
fotosynteesi photosynthesis
eliö organism
eliökunta population
eliömaailma world of organisms
evoluutio evolution
fossiili fossil
reviiri territory
itiö spore
geologia geology
mineraali mineral
kalkki lime
magma magma
laava lava
graniitti granite
tulivuori volcano
hiekkakivi sandstone
savikivi clay stone
liitu chalk
sedimentti sediment
gneissi gneiss

That’s all the vocabulary related to geography for today!

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