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land form vocab 22
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Question | Answer |
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what is a plain | a flat area of grass |
what is a tributary | A stream feeding a larger stream or lake. |
what is a glacier | a large body of ice. |
what is a strait | a narrow passageway connecting 2 large bodies of water. |
what is an island | a piece of land smaller than a continent and surrounded by water. |
what is a peninsula | a piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides. |
what is a pleatu | an area of flat land with a sharp sudden drop |
what is an isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting 2 larger areas of land |
what is a delta | a triangular deposit at the end of a river |
what is a floodplain | level land that may be submerged by floodwater |
what is a rift | a large crevice in a mountian |
what is an archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
what is a bog | spongy wet ground usually surrouned by water |
what is a fjord | a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes |