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landform and climate
Term | Definition |
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bay | part of a large body of water that extends into the shoreline |
channel | wide strait of waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other |
Elevation | hight above sea level |
Landform | individual features of the land |
Gulf | part of a large body body of water that extends inland larger than a bay |
Harbor | a shelterd place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safley |
Hurrican | violent tropical storm with high winds and very heavy rain fall |
Island | land completely surrounded by water |
Moutain | land with steep sides that rise sharply (1,000) ft or more from surraning land |
Moutain Range | a series of connected moutains |
Peninsula | body of land jutting out in a lake or an ocean surrounded on three sides by water |
plain | area of low and at high elevation coverd with grass |
plateau | flat or rolling land at high elevation usally 300- 3,000 ft high |
physical features | characteristics of a place-naturally occuring like landforms, climate, resources |