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final exam review 2
chapter 2 vocab
Term | Definition |
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bay | part of a large body of water that extends into a shorelines |
channel | wide strait or waterways between 2 land masses that lieclose to each other |
elevation | height above sea level |
landform | individual features of the land |
gulf | part of a large body of waterthat exstends inland;larger then a bay |
harbor | a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor saftly |
island | land compleatly surrounded by water |
lake | a sizeable inland body of water |
mountian | land with steep sides that rise sharply (over 1,000 ft)from surrounding land |
mountian range | a series of connected mountian |
peninsula | body of land jutting out into a lake or an ocean surrounded on 3 sides by water |
plain | area of low land at low elevation; covered with grass |
plateau | flat or rolling land at high elevation usually at 300- 3000 |
physical feature | characteristics of a place naturally occuring like landforms climate resouces |
river | large natural stream of water that run through land |
sea | large body of water partualy or completely covered by land |
strait | narrow streach of water joined 2 larger bodies of water |
ocean | one of the four major bodies of sait water that surrounds the continiants |
volcano | mountian created as liquid rock and ash erupted from inside the earth |
valley | area of lowlands between hills and mountian |