The Great Outdoors Vocabulary List

of or existing in high mountains and especially the Alps

a large mass of snow and ice or of earth and rock sliding down a mountainside or over a cliff

a region with particular weather patterns or conditions

someone who works to protect animals, plants, and natural resources or to prevent the loss or waste of natural resources : a person who is involved in conservation

a tall and narrow evergreen tree

having leaves that fall off every year

relating to or lying near the equator

all the plants that live in a particular area, time, period, or environment

the line where the earth or sea seems to meet the sky

a usually flat area of land that is covered with tall grass

an area in a desert where there is water and plants

the very tiny, loose pieces of rock that cover beaches, deserts, etc.

the top layer of earth in which plants grow

a natural flow of water that is smaller than a river

an area of low land between hills or mountains

of, relating to, or occurring in the spring