Geography
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| Bay | part of a large bod of water
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| Channel | wide strait or waterway between two land masses that lie close to each other; deep part of a river or tother lanad masses
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| Climate | usual predicatable patteren of weather over a long period of time
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| Current | moving streams in the water in the world's oceans; affects climate
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| dry climate | dry to partically dry areas with little or no rain;temeratures can range from very cold to very hot
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| Drought | long periods of extreme dryness and water shortage
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| elevation | height above sea level
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| El Nino | Caused by the combination of temperature wind and water. Formed when cold water from the north are weak. Pacific Ocean gets warmer. Occurs every 3 years.
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| landform | indivial features of the land
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| gulf | part of a large body of water that enstends in lan; larger than a bay
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| harbor | a sheltered place alongthe shoreline where ships can anchor safely
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| Hurricane | violent tropical storm with hogh winds and heavy rainfall
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| High-latitude climate | cold climate lies from 60 degrees north to the north pole and from 60 degrees to the south to the south pole
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| island | land completly surronded by water
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| highland climate | cool or cold climates that varies with elevation
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| La Nina | Easteren winds become strong and the opposite of El Nino occurs-Pacific Ocean gets colder
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| lake | a sizeable inland body of water
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| Mountian | land with steep sides that rise sharply (1,000 ft or more) from surrounding land
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| tropical climate | warm year around that extends around the equator to the tropic of cancer to the tropic of capicorn
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| Mid-latitude climate | temperature climate (think seasons) extend from 231/2 degrees north to 60 degrees north and from 231/2 degrees south to 60 degrees south
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| Mountian range | a seriers of connected mountians
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| Monsoon | seasonal wind that blows over a continent for a long period of time
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| Weather | unpredicaable changes
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| peninsula | A body of land jutting out into a lake or an ocean surrounded by three sides by water
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| plain | area of low land at low elevation; covered with grass
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| Previaling wind | movements around air that travel around the earth in a typical patteren
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| plateau | flat or rolling land at high elevation usually 300-3000 ft high
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| phyical feature | characteristics of a place-naturally occuring like landforms, climate, resources
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| river | large natural stream that runs through land
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| sea | large body of water partically or completely surrounded by land
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| Tropics | low latitude region between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of Capicorn
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| typhoon | name for a hurricnae in asia
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| tornado | funnel-shaped windstorm; sometimes forms during a thunderstorm
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| strait | narrow strech of water joining to larger bodies of water
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| ocean | one of four major bodies of water
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| volcano | mountian created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the earth
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| valley | area of lowland between hills and mountians
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