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Geo Vocab
Geography Vocabulary 10/17/11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Basin | an area of land drained by a given river and its branches;an area of land surrounded by lands of higher elevation |
| Bay | the part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline,generally smaller than a gulf |
| Channel | a wide strait or waterway between 2 landmasses that lie close to each other;deep part of a river or other waterway. |
| Harbor | a sheltered place along a shoreline where shops can anchor safely |
| Gulf | part of a large body of water that extends in to a shoreline, generally larger and more deeply indented than a bay |
| Lake | a sizable inland body of water |
| Mouth(of a river) | a place where a stream or river flows into a larger body of water |
| Ocean | one of the 4 major bodies of salt water that surround the continents |
| Ocean Current | a stream of either cold or warm water that moves in a definite direction through an ocean |
| River | a large, natural stream of water that runs through the land. |
| Sea | a large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land. |
| Sound | a broad, inland body of water, often between a coastline and one or more islands off the coast |
| Source(of a river) | a place where a river of stream begins,often in highlands |
| Strait | a narrow stretch of water joining 2 larger bodies of water |
| Tributary | a small river or stream that flows into a large river or stream; a branch of the river. |
| Canyon | a deep and narrow valley with steep walls. |
| Cape | a point of land that extends into a river,lake or ocean |
| Cliff | a step,high of rock, earth, or ice |
| Continent | One of the 7 largest land masses on the earth |
| Delta | A flat low lying- land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth |
| Desert | a region of vegetation, either cold or hot, that receives ten inches or less of precipitation a year |
| Glacier | a large thick body of slow moving ice |
| Hill | elevated land with sloping sides and a rounded summit;generally smaller than a mountain |
| Island | a land area;smaller that a continent completely surrounded by water |
| Isthmus | a narrow stretch of land connecting 2 larger land areas |
| Mesa | broad;flat topped landform with steep sides;smaller than a plateau |
| Mountain | land with steep sides that rises sharply(1000 feet or more) from surrounding land;generally later and more rugged that a hill |
| Peninsula | a body of land jutting into a lake or ocean,surrounded on 3 sides by water |
| Plain | an area of level land;usually at low elevation and often covered with grasses |
| Plateau | area of flat or rolling land a a high elevation, about 300-3,000 feet high |
| Rain forest | a tropical dense evergreen woodland with an annual rainfall of 100 inches of more |
| Tundra | a region of vegetation at high latitudes, high elevations and characterized by cold temperatures and sparse vegetation |
| Valley | an area of low and between hills or mountains |
| Volcano | a mountain created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the earth |
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