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ch2vocab
Term | Definition |
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bay | part of body of water that extends into the shoreline |
channel | wide streait or water way between two land masses that lie close to eachother |
elevation | height above sea level |
landform | individual features of land |
gulf | part of large body of water that extends inland;larger than a bay |
harbor | a sheltered place along a shoreline wheren ships anchor safely |
island | land completely surronded by water |
lake | a sizeable inland body of water |
mountain | land steep sides around 1000ft or more from surrounding land |
mountain range | a series of connected mountains |
peninsula | land surrounded by 3 sides of water |
plain | land at low level of elevation |
plateua | flat land at high elevetion |
physical feature | characteristics of a place naturally occuring like a land form |
river | large natural stream runs through land |
sea | large body of water surrounded or almost completely surrounded by land |
strait | narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodys of water |
ocean | one of four major bodys of water surround continents |
volcano | mountain creatied as liquid rock and ash errupt from inside the earth |
valley | area of low land between hills and mountains |