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42 Cards in this Set
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archipelago- |
a group of islands |
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bay- |
part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline; & is smaller then a gulf. |
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cannyon |
deep and narrow valley with steep walls |
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channel- |
watter way between two landmasses |
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cliff |
steep high wall of rock |
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continent |
one of the seven large landmasses on the Earth |
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delta |
flat low lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river |
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divide |
stretch of high land that separates river systems |
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downstream |
direction in which the stream flows down into its mouth |
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escarpment |
steep cliff of slope between higher and lower land surface |
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glacier |
large thick body of slowly moving ice |
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gulf
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part of a body of water that extends into a shoreline generally larger then a bay |
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harbor |
sheltered place where people can safely dock there boats. |
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highland |
elevated land area such as a hill, mountain, or plateau |
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hill |
elevated land with sloping sides |
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island |
land area smaller then a continent completely surrounded by water
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isthmus |
narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas |
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lake |
a sizeable inland body of water |
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lowland |
land usuallylevel, at a low elevation |
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mesa |
flat topped platform with steep sides |
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mountain |
land with steep sides that rises sharply 1000 feet or more |
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mountain peak |
pointed top of a mountain |
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mountain range |
a series of connected mountains |
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mouth |
place where a stream or river flows into a larger body of water |
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oasis |
small area in a desert where water and vegetation are found |
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ocean |
one of the four major bodies of salt water |
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ocean current |
stream of either cold or warm water that moves in a definite direction through an ocean |
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peninsula |
body of land surrounded by 3 sides of water |
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physical feature |
charestic of a place such as a landforms, body of water, & climate |
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plain |
area of land usually at low elevation often covered in grasses |
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plateau |
area of flat or rolling land, usually at high elevation ranging from 300-3000 ft high |
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reef |
a chain of rocks |
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river |
large natural stream of water that runs threw land |
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sea |
large body of water completly or partly surrounded by land |
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sea coast |
land next to a sea or ocean |
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sound |
broad inland body of water |
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source |
place where a river or stream begins |
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strait |
narrow stretch of water joining two large bodies of water |
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tributary |
small river or strem that flows into a large river or stream |
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upstream |
direction opposite the flow of a river |
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valley |
are of low land usually between hills or mountains |
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volcano |
mountain or hill created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the Earth |