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19 Cards in this Set
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Gulf Stream |
A warm current the flows form the Gulf of Mexico |
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Bald |
A place the reaches 6,000 feet elevation with hardly any trees |
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Elevation |
Height above sea level |
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Estuary |
Salt marshes |
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Fall Line |
The line the divides the Piedmont from the Coastal |
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Barrier Island |
Long chain of sand pits |
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Carolina Bays |
Elongated depressions in the ground |
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Hurricane |
Tropical storm with high winds |
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Savanna |
A flat grassland with scattered trees |
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Region |
A area where the lay of the land and people habitats are the same |
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Sound |
A inland body of mixed water |
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Tornado |
A funnel-shaped storm |
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Pocosin |
"swamp on a hill" |
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Inlet |
A break in the barrier islands |
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Cove |
Valleys where streams cut out swathes wide enough for farming |
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Hemisphere |
A term for half the globe |
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Geography |
The study of earth and its atmosphere |
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Geographer |
Someone who studies geography |
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Equater |
The imaginary line on a map a 0 degrees latitude |
