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Chraper 2 vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Bay | Part of a large body of water that extends into the shoreline. |
Channel | Wide strait or waterway between two landmass that lie close to each other. |
Elevation | Height above sea level. |
Landform | Individual features of the land. |
Gulf | Part of a large body of water that enstends inland; larger than a bay. |
Harbor | A sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely. |
Island | Land completely surrounded by water. |
Lake | A sizeable inland body of water. |
Mountain | Land with steep sides that rise sharply (1,20000 ft or more) form surrounding land. |
Mountain range | A series of connected mountains. |
Peninsula | Body of land jutting out into a lake or an ocean surrounded on three sides by water. |
Plain | Area of low land at low elevation; covers with grass. |
Plateau | Flat or rolling land at high elevation usually 300-3,000 ft high |
Physical | Characteristics of a place-naturally occurring like landforms, cilmate, resources. |
River | Large natural stream of water that runs through land. |
Sea | Large body of water partially or completely surrounded by land. |
Strait | Narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water. |
Ocean | One of the four major bodies of salt water that surround the continents. |
Volcano | Mountain created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the earth. |
Valley | Area of lowland between hills and mountains. |