Question | Answer |
bay | part of a large body of water |
drought | long periods of time without water |
gulf | small body of water |
ocean | one of the four major landforms of salt water that surrounded continents |
Sea | large body of water partially or completely surrounded by water |
strait | narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water |
elevation | height above land above sea level |
lake | a sizeable inland body of water |
mountain | land with steep sides that rise sharply from surrounding land generally larger and more rugged than a hill |
mountain range | a series of connected mountains |
island | land area smaller than a continent completely surrounded by water |
peninsula | body of land jutting into a loak or ocean surrounded by three sides of water |
plateau | area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation about 300-3000 feet high |
harbor | a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely |
tornado | tunnel shaped storm that destroys everything |
channel | wide straight or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other |
climate | usual predocatable pattern of weather over a long period of time |
current | moving streams of water in the world's oceans;affects climate |
landform | individual features of the land |
hurricane | violent tropical storm with high winds and heavy rainfall |
high-lattitude climate | cold climates lies from 60 degrees north to the North Pole and from 60 degrees south to the South Pole |
highland climate | cold or cool climate |
tropical climate | warm year round from tropic of cancer and capricorn |
mid-lat | temperate climate 23 1/2 N and 23 1/2 S |
prevailing wind | travel around earth in typical pattern |
El nino | oppisite of la nina |
La Nina | Eastern winds aka opisite of el nino |
dry climate | dry areas with no rain |
typhoon | name for hurricane in Asia |
tropics | low latitude reigon between Tropic of cancer and capricorn |
monsoon | sesonal wind that blows over a continent for period of time |
weather | unpredictable changes in the air that take place in a short period of time |
plain | area of low elevation covered with grass |
physical feature | charecteristics of land |
river | natural stream of water that runs through land |
volcano | mountain created as liquid rock |
valley | area of lowland between hills and mountains |