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mesa |
broad, flat-topped landform with steeps sides; smaller than a plateau |
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mountian |
land with step sides that rises sharply(1,000 feet or more) from surrounding land;generally larger and more rugged than a hill |
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mountian peak |
pointed to of a mountian |
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mountian range |
a series of connected mountians |
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mouth |
place where a stream or river flows into a larger body of water |
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ocean |
one of the four major bodies of salt water that surround the continents |
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ocean current |
stream of ethier cold or warm water that moves in definite direction through ocean |
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parallel |
one of many lines on the global grid that circles the earth north or south of the Equator; used to measure degrees of latitude |
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penninsula |
body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water |
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physical feature |
characteristic of a place occuring naturally, such as a landform, body of water, climate pattern, or resource |
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plain |
area of land, usually at low elevation and often covered with grasses |
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plateau |
area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation, about 300-3,000 feet high |
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Prime Meridian |
line of the global grid running from the North Pole to the South Pole through Greenwich, England; starting point for measuring degrees of east of west longitude |
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relief |
changes in elevation over a given area of land |
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river |
large natural stream of water that runs through the land |
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sea |
large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land |
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seacoast |
land lying next to a sea or an ocean |
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sound |
broad inland body of water, often betweenacostline and one or more islands off the coast |
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source |
(of a river) place where a river or stream begins, often in high lands |
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strait |
narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water |
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tributary |
small river or stream that flows into large river or stream; a branch of the river |
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upstream |
dicterction opposite the flow of a river; toward the source of a river or stream |
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valley |
area of low lands between hills mountains |
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volcano |
mountain created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the earth |
