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tacky land vocab tuc
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| plain | a flat or gently rolling area of land with only moderate changes in elevation |
| Tributary | a smaller river that feeds into a larger river |
| Glacier | a large long lasting river of slow moving ice on land help to create many of the landforms on the planet |
| Strait | a narrow chanel of water connecting 2 larger bodies of water Gilbralter is a famous one |
| island | an area of land completely surrounded by water |
| peninsula | a strip of land connected to a larger land mass and extends into a body of water surrounded on 3 sides Florida is an example |
| plateau | consideredc an elevated plain, flat highland with one steep face Tibetan and Andrea and Colorado are examples |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land with water on both sides that joins two larger land masses connects Northa nd South America. Panama Canal was built to travel accross this |
| Delta | land formed by layers of sand silt or small rocks which flowed downstream and are deposited at the mouth of the river. The Nile river and Mississippi are 2 examples |
| floodplain | level land that may be submerged by floodwaters |
| rift | a crack in the earth |
| archipelago | group of islands or a cluster of islands usually found in the open sea they can be formed by erosion but most often from volcanic activity |
| Bog | a wet spongy ground surrounding a body of open water |
| Fjord | a narrow inlet of the sea between high cliffs or banks created by glaciers |
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