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12 Cards in this Set
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What is a isthmus?
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A narrow strip of land, links North America to South America
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What is a moutain?
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High, steep rugged land. They rise to an elevation or height of at least 1,000 feet above the surrounding land
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What is a hill?
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areas of raised land that are lower and more rounded than mountains
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What is a plain?
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broad areas of fairly level land that don't rise much above sea level
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What is a plateau?
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plains that range from a few hundred to many thousand feet above sea level
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Streams and smaller rivers that flow into bigger rivers are?
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tributaries
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What is a basin?
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low-lying land area that is surrounded by land of higher elevation; land area that is drained by a river system (Great Basin)
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Define altitude.
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height above sea level
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What is an island?
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land area that is surrounded by water
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Define peninsula.
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piece of land that is surrounded by wayer on three sides
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A narrow channel that connects two larger bodies of water is....
a. valley b.canal c.isthmus d.strait |
d.strait
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An arm of an ocean or sea that is partly enclosed by land, usually larger than a bay is?
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a gulf
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