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Final exam review ii
ch. 2 vocab
definition | term |
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part of a large body of water that extends into the shoreline | bay |
wide strait or water way between two landmasses that lie close to each other | channel |
height above sea level | elevation |
individual features of the land | landform |
part of a large body of water that enstends inland; larger than a bay | gulf |
a shelter place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely | harbor |
land completely surrounded by water | island |
a sizeable inland body of water | lake |
land with steep sides that rise sharply (1,000 ft or more) from surruonding period of time | mountain |
a series of connected mountains | mountain range |
body of land jutting out into a lake or an ocean surrounded on three sides by water | peninsula |
area of low land at elevation; covered with grass | plain |
flat or rolling land at high elevation usually 300-3,000 ft high | plateau |
characteristics of a place-naturally occuring like landforms, climate, resources | physical feature |
large natural stream of water that runs through land | river |
large body of water partially or competely surrounded by land | sea |
narrow stretch of water joining 2 larger bodies of water | strait |
one of 4 major bodies of salt water that surround the continents | ocean |
mountain created as liquid rock and ash erupt inside the earth | volcano |
area of lowland between hills and mountains | valley |