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30 Cards in this Set
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MAP
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A Drawing of an area, namely a park, a country , the world etc.
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BOUNDARY
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A Border or a limit
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STRUCTURE
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A man made object
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CARTOGRAPHER
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A Mapmaker
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MODEL
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A smaller version of an object
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EROSION
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Wearing away of Earth materials by wind, water or ice
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CANYON
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A V-shaped valley eroded by a river or stream
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DELTA
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A fan shaped deposit of earth materials at a mouth of a stream
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PLATEAU
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A nearly level area of high land
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DEPOSITION
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The process by which eroded earth materials settle out in another place
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SEDIMENT
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The earth materials that settle at the bottom of the water because they are heavier than the water
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CHANNEL
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The course a stream follows
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GRID
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Network of veritcal and horizontal lines that form squares
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DRAINAGE BASIN
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System of rivers and streams that drain an area
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SLOPE
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The angloe or slant of a channel or land surface
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MAP KEY
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Explaination of symbols used on a map
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MEANDER
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a curve or a loop in a river
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FLOOD
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Heavy flow of water
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BASIN
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Low area were sediment settles
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DAM
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Something that holds back water - wood metal etc.
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ELEVATION
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Layers of a land form above sea level
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SEA LEVEL
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Water under elevation( 0 above sea level)
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CONTOUR INTERVAL
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The differance in elevation represented by each contour line on a topigraphical map
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STREAM BED
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The channel in which a stream flows or did flow
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POLLUTANTS
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Any substance like certain chemicals or waste products that are harmful for the eniroment
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NATURAL SPRINGS
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It is natural flow of ground water
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TRIBUTARY
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A stream that flows into a river
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VALLEY
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A low area betwen mountains were a river often flows
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LANDFORM
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The shape of the land
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RIVER
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a natural stream of water that flows into another body of water
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