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Term | Definition |
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la nina | eastern winds become strong and the opposite of el nino occure-pacific ocean gets cooler |
dry climate | dry to partially dry areas with little to no rain; temper |
Typhoon | Name for a hurricane in Asia |
Tornadoes | Funnel-shaped windstorm; sometimes during a thunder storm |
Tropics | Low latitude region between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn |
Mountain | Land with steep sides that rise sharply (1000ft or more) from surrounding land |
Mountain range | A series of connected mountains |
Monsoon | Seasonal wind that blows over a continent to a long period of time |
Weather | Unpredictable changes in the air that take place in a short period of time |
Peninsula | Body of land jutting out into a lake or an ocean surrounded on three sides of water |
Plain | Area of low land at low elevation; covered with grass |
Plateau | Flat or rolling land at high elevation usually 300-3000ft high |
Physical feature | Characteristics of a place-naturally occurring like landforms, climate, resources |
River | Large natural stream of water that runs through land |
Sea | Large body of water partially or completely surrounded by land |
Strait | Narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water |
Ocean | One of four major bodies of salt water that surround the continents |
Volcano | Mountain created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the earth |
Valley | Area of lowland between hills and mountains |