Latitude/Longitude
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Created by:
LeoWangensteen on February 7, 2012
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Landforms and bodies of water
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Mountain | high landform with steep sides, higher than a hill (2,000 feet above sea level) |
| Hill | rounded, raised landform, not as high as a mountain (below 2,000 feet elevation) |
| Plain | large area of nearly flat land (below 2,000 feet elevation) |
| Plateau | area of elevated flat land (2,000 feet above sea level) |
| Cape | a point of land extending into a body of water (like a peninsula) |
| Isthmus | narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas |
| Delta | land made of silt left behind as a river drains into a larger body of water |
| Source of a river | place where a river begins |
| Mouth of a River | place where a river empties into a larger body of water |
| Lake | a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land |
| Strait | a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water |
| Tributary | a stream or river that flows into a larger river |
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