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chap 1 vocab

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La Nina   eastern winds become strong and the opposite of El Nino occurs-Pacific Ocean gets colder  
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dry climate   dry to partially dry areas with little to no rain;tempatures can range from very cold to very hot  
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typhoon   name for a hurricane in Asia  
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tornado   funnel-shaped windstorm; sometimes foems during a thunderstorm  
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tropics   low latitude region between the Tropic of Cancer and trhe Tropic of Capricorn  
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mountain   land with steep sides that rise sharply(1,000 ft or more) from surrounding land  
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moutain range   a series of connected mountains  
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monsoon   seasonal wind that blows over a continent for a long period of time  
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weather   unpredictable changes in the air that take place ina short period of time  
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peninsula   body of land jutting out into a lake or an ocean surrounded on three sides by water  
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plain   area of low land atr low elevation; coverd with grass  
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plateau   flat or rolling land at high elevation usually 300-3000 ft high  
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physical feature   charateristics of a place-naturally occuring like landforms, climate, reasouces  
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river   large natural stream of water that runs through land  
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sea   large body of water partically or completely surrounded by land  
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strait   narrow strech of water joining two larger bodies of water  
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ocean   one of the four major bodies of salt water that surrounded the cointinets  
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volcano   mountain created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the earth  
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valley   area of lowland between hills and mountains  
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