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12 Cards in this Set
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isthmus |
narrow strip of land with sea on either side with a link between larger lands (panama canal) |
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topographic map |
shows a places features like mountains, river, deserts |
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Geographic Information System |
changes data to digital code |
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Mantle |
2000 miles thick and it is 3/4 the volume of the earth |
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lithosphere |
is the surface crust |
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crust |
thicker layer of crust on earth |
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hydrosphere |
all water |
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estuary |
mouth of a large river where the tide meets the stream |
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divide |
a region of high ground in which each side of the river flows |
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El Nino |
happens every four years and changes the climate caused by the warming of the specific |
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diffusion |
the spreading of culture |
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dialect |
form of a language that is peculiar to a region |
