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19 Cards in this Set
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Cultural characteristic |
human features of the land |
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Headwaters |
The source of a river |
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Physical characteristics |
locations that have make them different from other places on Earth. |
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Spatial pattern |
are the location and arrangement of natural and human features of the land |
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Temperate |
mild climate |
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Tributary |
tiny streams that combine into one |
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Lowlands |
makeup plains and valleys |
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Pacific Rim |
an economic region |
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Plateau |
high, wide flat lands |
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Region |
places that share common features |
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Coulee |
a dry stream bed |
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Fault |
fracture in the earth's crust |
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Fissure |
cracks in the earth's surface |
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Lahar |
huge mudflows |
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Loess |
mixture of fine volcanic ash and dust carried by wind |
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Molten |
rock called Lava rose to the surface of earth |
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Subterranean |
existing under earth's surface |
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Tectonic |
a forces within earth that causes movements of the crust |
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Aquifer |
deep layer of rock that holds water |
