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19 Cards in this Set
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hydrologic cycle
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the continuous circulation of water among the atmosphere, the oceans and the earth
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drainage basin
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area drained by a major river and its tributes
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ground water
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the water held under the earths surface often in and around the poles of a rock
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water table
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the level at which rock is saturated
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cape
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a point of land extending into an ocean or lake
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sea level
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level of the oceans surface used as a reference point when measuring the height or depth of the earths surface
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bay
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part of an ocean or lake partially enclosed by land
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harbors
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sheltered area of water deep enough fir docking ships
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strait
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a narrow channel connecting two larger bodies of water
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mouth
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place where river flows into a lake or an ocean
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marsh
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soft wet low lying land
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delta
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a triangular area of land formed from dposits at the mouth of a river
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flood plain
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flat land near the edges of rivers formed by mud and silt deposited by floods
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island
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a body of land surrounded. by water
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swamp
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a lownland region that is saturated. by water
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butte
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a raised flat area of land with steep cliffs smaller than a mesa
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oasis
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a spot of fertile land in a desert, feed by water Fin weeks or underground springs
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prairie
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a large level area of grassland with a few our no trees
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steppe
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a wide treeless grassy plain
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