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ch2 vocab
Term | Definition |
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bay | part of a large body of water that extends into the shore |
channel | wide strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other |
elevation | height above sea level |
landform | individual feaures of the land |
gulf | part of a large body of water enstends inland |
harbor | a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely |
island | land compeletly surrounded by water |
lake | a sizeable island body of water |
mountain | land with steep sides that rise shraply from surrounding land |
mountain range | a series of connected mountains |
peninsula | body of land jutting out into a land or an ocean on three sides by water |
plain | area of low land evelation |
plateau | flat or rolling land at high elevation |
phyisical feature | charateristics of a place-naturally occuring like landform |
river | large natural stream of water that run through land |
sea | large body of water partially or compeletly 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 |
volcano | mountain created as liquid rock and ash erupt from the inside of the earth |
valley | area of lowland between hills and mountins |