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FinalExamReview 2
chapter 2 vocab
Term | Definition |
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bay | part of a large body of water that extends into a shorline |
channel | wide straight or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other |
elevation | height above sea level |
landform | individual features of the land |
gulf | part of a large body of water that enstends inland; larger than a bay |
harbor | a shelterd place along the sholine where ships can anchor safly |
lake | a sizable inland body of water |
moutain | land with steep sides that rise sharply from surronding land |
moutain range | a series of connected moutains |
peninsula | body or thand jutting out into a lake of an ocean surronded on three sides by water |
plain | area of low land low elevation; coverd with grass |
plateau | flat or rolling land at high elevation |
physical feature | characteristics of a place-naturally occurring like landforms, climate, resources |
river | large natural stream of water that runs thourgh land |
sea | large body of water partially or completly surrounded by land |
Strait | narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water |
ocean | one of the four major bodies of salt water that surround the continents |
valcano | mountain created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the earth |
valley | area of lowland between hills and moutains |