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SS Vocab.
Unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| absolute location | exact location on the earth |
| basin | area of land drained by a given river and its branches |
| bay | part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline |
| canyon | deep narrow valley with steep walls |
| cape | point of land that extends into a river, lake or ocean |
| channel | wide strait or waterway between two landmasses |
| cliff | steep, high wall or rock/ice/earth |
| continent | one of the seven large landmasses on earth |
| cultural feature | characterisitic such as language, religion, housing, and settlement patterns |
| delta | flat, low lying hand built up from soil carried downstream |
| divide | stretch of high land that separates river systems |
| downstream | direction in which a river or stream flows from its source to the mouth |
| elevation | height of land above sea level |
| equator | imaginary line that runs halfway between the north and south poles-measures degress north and south |
| glacier | large, thick body of slowly moving ice |
| gulf | part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline-larger than a bay |
| harbor | sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor |
| highland | elevated land area such as a hill, mountain or plateau |
| hill | elevated land with sloping sides |
| island | land area, smaller than a continent-completely surrounded by water |
| isthmus | narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas |
| lake | water that is completed surrounded by land |
| latitude | distance north or south of the equator |
| longitude | distance east or west of the prime meridian |
| lowland | land level at a low elevation |
| map | drawing of the earth on a flat surface |
| mesa | broad, flat topped land form with steep sides-smaller than a plateau |
| mountain | land with steep sides-larger than a hill |
| pountain peak | pointed top of a mountain |
| mountain range | a series of connected mountains |
| mouth of a river | where a stream or river flows into a larger body of water-the end point |
| ocean | one of the four major bodies of salt water that surround continents |
| ocean current | stream of either cold or warm water that moves in a definite direction through the ocean |
| parallel | one of the many lines in the lobal grid that circle earth north and south of the equator-anther name for lines of latitude |
| peninsula | body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water |
| physical feature | characteristic of a place occuring naturally-landforms, body of water, etc. |
| plain | area of level land, usually at low elevation and covered with grasses |
| plateau | area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation |
| prime meridian | line of the global grid running from the north pole to the south pole-measures degrees east and west |
| relief | changes in elevation over a given area of land |
| river | large natural stream of water that runs thorugh land |
| sea | large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land-larger than a gulf and bay |
| seacoast | land lying next to a sea or ocean |
| sea level | position on land level with the surface of a nearby ocean or sea |
| strait | narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water |
| source of a river | place where a river or stream begins-often in highlands |
| tributary | small river or stream that flows into a larger river or stream-branch of a river |
| upstream | direction opposite of the flow of a river-toward the source |
| valley | area of low land between hills or mountains |
| volcano | mountain created as liquid rock or ash erupts from inside to the earth |
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