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11 Cards in this Set
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landforms
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shapes that make up Earht's surface. Examples:
mountains hills plains |
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plain
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a large area of nearly flat land
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geography
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the study of the Earth
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border
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a line that divides one place from another. Lake Ontario forms part of New York's northern border.
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plateau.
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a landform, large and nearly flat, which rises steeply above the surrounding land
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valley
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low land between hills or mountains
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Ice Age
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several periods of very cold weather.
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glacier
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a thick sheet of ice
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moraine
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a line of low hills that are formed by the the rocks pushed at the front of the glacier
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till
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a mix of soil and rocks that is left behind after a glacier melts
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drumlin
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smoothly rounded hills formed by melting glaciers
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