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Final Exam Review 2
Chapter 2 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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bay | part of a large body of water that extends into the shoreline |
channel | wide stait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other |
elevation | height above sea level |
land form | individual featuers of the land |
gulf | part of a lage body of water that enstends inland; lager than a bay |
habor | a sheltered place along the shoreline where ships can anchor safely |
island | land completely surrounded by water |
lake | a sizeable inland body of water |
mountain | land with steep sides rising sharply( 1,000 ft or more) from surrounding land |
mountain range | a seiers of conneted 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; covered by grass |
plateau | flat or rolling land at high elevation usually 300-30000 ft high |
physical feature | characteristic of a plce -natrually occuring like landforms climate, resoures |
river | large natural stream of water that runs through land |
sea | large body of water partially or completly surrounded by land |
stait | narrow strech of water joining two large bodies of water |
ocean | one of 4 major bodies of salt water that saurrounds the continents |
volcano | mountain created as liquid rock and ash erupt from the inside eath |
valley | area of low land between hills and mountains |