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Land formz
Land Forms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Gulf | A large part of the ocean that extends into land |
| OCEAN | A LARGE PART OF WATER |
| CORAL REEF | AN OCEAN RIDGE MADE OF BONES OF TINY SEA ANIMALS! |
| COAST | AN AREA OF LAND NEAR THE OCEAN |
| PENINSULA | AN AREA OF LAND THAT STICKS OUT INTO THE LAND OR THE OCEAN |
| BAY | PART OF A LARGE BOY OF WATER THAT IS SMALLER THAN A GULF |
| ISTHMUS | A NARROW PIECE OF LAND CONNECTING TWO LARGER LAND AREAS |
| DELTA | AN AREA WHERE A RIVER DEPOSITS SOIL INTO THE OCEAN |
| ISLAND | AN AREA OF LAND SURROUNDED COMPLETELY BY WATER |
| STRAIT | A NARROW BODY OF WATER CONNECTING TWO LARGER BODIES OF WATER |
| WETLANDS | AN AREA OF LAND COVERED BY SHALLOW WATER |
| RIVER | A NATURAL FLOW OF WATER THAT RUNS THROUGH THE LAND |
| SINKHOLE | A CIRCULAR DEPRESSION FORMED WHEN THE ROOF OF A CAVE COLLAPSES |
| FOREST | AN AREA OF DENSELY WOODED LAND |
| PLAIN | A NEARLY FLAT AREA |
| LAKE | AN INLAND BOY OF WATER |
| VOLCANO | AN OPENING IN THE EARTHS CRUST WHERE LAVA ASH AND GASSES ERUPT |
| HILL | A ROUNDED ELAVATED AREA OF LAND SMALLER THAN A MOUNTAIN |
| DUNE | A HILL OF SAND SHAPED BY THE WIND |
| PLATEAU | A LARGE FLAT ELEVATED PIECE OF LAND |
| CANYON | A DEEP NARROW VALLEY WITH STEEP WALLS |
| DESERT | A EXTREMELY DRY AREA WITH LITTLE WATER AN FEW PLANTS |
| OASIS | AN AREA IN THE DESSERT WITH A WATER SOURCE |
| GLACIER | A LARGE AREA OF SLOW MOVING ICE |
| VALLEY | AN AREA OF LOW LAND BETWEEN TWO MOUNTAINS |
| MOUNTAIN | AN AREA OF RUGGED LAND THAT GENERALLY RISES HIGHER THAN 2000 FEET! |
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