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Final Exam Review 2
Chapter 2 and 3 Terms
Term | Definition |
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Bay | Part of a large body of water that extends into the shoreline |
Channel | Wide straight or waterway between two landmasses that lie clos to each other |
Climate | Usual predictable pattern of weather over a long period of time |
Current | Moving steams of water in the world's oceans;affects climate |
Drought | Long periods of extreme dryness and water shortage |
Elevation | High above sea level |
Landform | Individual features of the land |
Gulf | Part of a lrarge body of water that extends inland;larger than a bay |
Harbor | A sheltered place along the shoreline where ships can anchor safely |
Hurricane | Violent tropical storm with high wings and heavy rainfall |
Island | Land completeley surrounded by water |
Lake | A sizeable inland body of water |
High-latitude Climate | Cold climate lies from 60 degrees north to the North pole and South to the South Pole |
Highland Climate | Cool or cold climate that varies with evelation |
Tropical Climate | Warm year round extends from the equator to the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn |
Mid-latitude Climate | Temperature climate extend from 231/2 degrees north to 60 degrees north and 23 1/2 south |
Prevailing Wind | Movements of air that travel around the earth in a typical pattern |
El Nino | |
La Nino | |
Dry Climate | |
Typhoon | |
Tornado | |
Tropics | |
Mountain | |
Mountain Range | |
Monsoon | |
Waether | |
Peninsula | |
Plain | |
Plateau | |
Physical Feature |