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17 Cards in this Set
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Aquifer |
Underground layer of rock that contain bearing water. |
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Basin |
Depression or dip in the Earth's surface. Shaped like bowls with sides higher than the bottom |
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Bay |
Body of water partially surrounded by land. Smaller and less enclosed than a gulf with a wider mouth. |
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Cape |
A high point of land that extends into a body of water. Narrow features that jut out into a body of water. |
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Cataract |
A large or high waterfall |
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Channel |
A wide waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other. Can be the deepest part of a waterway. |
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Coastal plains |
Flat low-lying land next to the ocean. Separated from other nearby interior landforms. |
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Delta |
Triangle shaped wetlands that form as rivers empty their water and sediment into another body of water. A river moves more slowly as it nears its mouth/ end. This causes sediment, solid material carried down stream by currents, to fall to the bottom of the river. Flow and slowed velocity of the river and build up of sediment allowed the river to break into a single channel near the mouth under the right conditions |
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Escarpment |
A long steep rock wall |
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Fall line |
Area where rivers form waterfalls and Rapids as a drop to lower land |
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Flood plain |
Area of land near the edges of a river prone to flooding. These areas are ideal for urban centers the nutrient rich soil in the plain are ideal centers for agriculture |
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Inlet |
Area of water from a larger body of water that extends into land. Refers to the actual connection between a bay and the ocean and is often called an entrance |
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Island |
Land surrounded with water on all sides |
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Isthmus |
A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land masses and separates two bodies of water. |
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Mesa |
Steep flat topped mountain. Flat elevated land form with steep sides |
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Peninsula |
Land that is almost completely surrounded by water but is connected to the mainland on one side. |
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Plain |
Broad flat land. |
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