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21 Cards in this Set
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River
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large stream of fresh water flowing over land
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Source
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The beginning of a river
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Tributary
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a river or creek that flows into a large river
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Mouth
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place where a river flows into an ocean or another river
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Delta
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land deposited at mouth of a river
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Basin
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land drained by a river and its branches
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Downstream
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direction in which the water in a river flows
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Upstream
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direction from which the river water flows
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Current
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movement of a stream of water
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Rapids
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very swift current
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Waterfall
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water flows over a cliff
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Bay
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water (smaller than the sea) that reaches into land
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Gulf
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part of an ocean or sea that reaches into land
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Harbor
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a sheltered place where ships go to dock
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channel
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similar to, but wider than, a strait
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sound
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water wider than a channel that usually separates an island from the mainland
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lake
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large body of water surrounded by land
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isthmus
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a small strip of land that is surrounded by water that connects two larger strips of land
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taiga
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evergreen, conifer forest located south of the tundra that contains mostly fir trees and spruces
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tundra
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very cold area that only gets above freezing a few months of the year; has some small plants but no trees growing
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globe
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small, spherical object used to represent the planet; contains geographical features
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