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Final Exam Review 2
Chapter 2 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bay | part of a large body of water that extends into the shoreline |
| channel | wide stait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other |
| elevation | height above sea level |
| land form | individual featuers of the land |
| gulf | part of a lage body of water that enstends inland; lager than a bay |
| habor | a sheltered place along the shoreline where ships can anchor safely |
| island | land completely surrounded by water |
| lake | a sizeable inland body of water |
| mountain | land with steep sides rising sharply( 1,000 ft or more) from surrounding land |
| mountain range | a seiers of conneted mountains |
| peninsula | body of land jutting out into a lake or an ocean surrounded on three sides by water |
| plain | area of low land at low elevation; covered by grass |
| plateau | flat or rolling land at high elevation usually 300-30000 ft high |
| physical feature | characteristic of a plce -natrually occuring like landforms climate, resoures |
| river | large natural stream of water that runs through land |
| sea | large body of water partially or completly surrounded by land |
| stait | narrow strech of water joining two large bodies of water |
| ocean | one of 4 major bodies of salt water that saurrounds the continents |
| volcano | mountain created as liquid rock and ash erupt from the inside eath |
| valley | area of low land between hills and mountains |
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