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| Bay | A part of a large land that extends into large parts of shoreline, generally smaller then a gulf.
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| Channel | Body of water wider then a striat between two pieces of land.
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| Climate | unusual, predictable pattern of weather in an area over a long period of time.
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| Current | Moving streams of water in worlds oceans, whitch affect the climate of land areas.
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| Culture | A way of life of a group of peoplewho share similar brliefs and coustoms.
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| Drought | Long period of extreme dryness and water shortage.
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| Dry climate | Hot weather
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| Elevation | High above sea leave.
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| El Nino | Eastern winds become strong and the opposite of El Nino occurs- Pacific Ocean gets colder.
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| Gulf | Part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally larger and more deeply intended then a bay.
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| Harbor | A Sheltered place alongthe shoreline where ships can anchor safely.
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| Island | A body of land smaller then the continent and surrounded by water.
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| landforms | Individual features of the land.
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| La Nina | Unusal weather in the Pacific Ocean that has oppsite affect then El Nino
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| Lake | A sizable inland body of water.
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| Mountain | A land with steep sides that rise sharply(1,000ft or more)from surrounding land; generally large and more rugged then a hill
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| Mountain range | A series of connected montains
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| Monsoon | Seasonal wind that blows over a continent for mounths at a time.
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| Mid-latitude | Clmates that are found in the southern and northern hemisphere.
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| Ocean | One four major bodies of salt water that is surrounded continents
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| Plateau | Flat land with higher elevation then a plain
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| Gluf | A large body of water enstead inlands inland; larger then a bay
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| Harbor | A shealter place along a shoreline where ships can anchor saftly
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| Hurrican | Violent tropical storms with high winds and heavey
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| Typhoon | Name os a hurricane in Asia
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| Tornado | Funnal-shaped windstrom; sometimes froms during thunderstorm
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| Tropics | low latitude region between the Tropic of cancer and the Tropic of Capricron
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| High-Ladtitude Climate | Cold climates lies from 60 degrees North to the North pole and from 60 degrees South to the South pole.
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| Highland Climate | Cool or cold climates that varies with the eleivation
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| Tropic Cilmate | Warm year round extends from the equator to the Tropic of Cance (23 1/2 degrees north) and from the equator to the Tropic of Capricron
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| Mid-ladtitude climate | Tempeter climate (think season) extentd from 23 1/2 north to 60 degrees north and from 23 1/2 degrees south to 60 degrees south
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| Prevailing wind | Movements of air that travle around the earthin a typical pattern.
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| Mountain range | A series or connected mountains
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| Monsoon | seasonal wind that blows over continent for a long period of time
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| Weather | Area of low land and low elevation
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| Peninsula | Unpredictable changes in the air that takes place on a short period of time
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| Plain | Body of land jutting out on to a lake or ocean srouned on 3 sides by water
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| Plateau | Flat or rolling land at high elevation usually 300-3,0000 ft high
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| Physical future | charateristics of a place-naturally occuring like ;landfroms,cilmate,resrouces
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| River | Large natrual stream of water that runs through land
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| Sea | Large part or partially or completely srounded by land
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| Ocean | One of four majour bodies of salt water that suround the continent
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| Volcano | .
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