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elevation the distance above sea level contour lines the lines on a map that separate the colors used to show elevation glaciers thick sheets of ice and snow that are formed over land moraines the piles of rocks, sand and soil that form ridges made by glaciers plain a broad strip of low, flat land coastal plains a broad strip of low, flat land that stretches from the ocean to higher land farther inland barren an area that is not able to produce things Pine Barrens an area where a lot of pine trees grow: today it is called the Pinelands resorts an area that people visit for fun, and to enjoy the nature that is there mountain chains a long, unbroken line of mountains damns like walls that keep water behind them capital a city that is the seat of government of country or state reservoirs a place where water can be collected and stored for later use