Geo Terms Challenge A, set #2
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lbknight on September 21, 2010
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Classical Conversations Foundation/Essentials & Challenge A Resources, 2011-12 Challenge A
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 cinder cone | a conical hill formed by the accumulation of volcanic debris around a vent |
| cliff | a very steep, vertical or overhanging face of rock, earth or ice |
| coast | the land near a shore |
| continent | one of the 6 or 7 great divisions of land on the globe |
| continental shelf | a shallow submarine plane of varying width forming a border to a continent and typically ending in a comparatively steep slope to the deep ocean floor |
| country | an indefinite usually extended expanse of land |
| cove | a small sheltered inlet or bay |
| crag | a steep, rugged rock or cliff |
| crater | a bowl-shaped depression formed by an impact or around the orifice of a volcano |
| creek | a natural stream of water normally smaller than an often tributary to a river |
| cultivated land | to have prepared or prepared and used for the raising of crops |
| current | the part of a fluid body moving continuously in a certain direction |
| dale | valley |
| dam | a barrier preventing the flow of water or of solid materials (as snow and ice) |
| dell | a secluded hollow or small valley usually covered with trees or turf |
| delta | the alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river |
| desert | arid land with usually sparse vegetation; especially such land having a very warm climate and receiving less than 25 cm of sporadic rainfall annually |
| dike | a bank usually of earth constructed to control or confine water |
| divide | a dividing ridge between drainage areas |
| downstream | in the direction of or near to the mouth of a stream |
| drainage basin | the area from which a single stream or river and its tributaries drains all of the water |
| dune | a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind |
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