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Land Features/Water
Flashcards for Landforms and Water Features
Term | Definition |
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Large Sheet of ice that is fresh water | Glacier |
Causes Most Canyons to Form | Rivers |
Land that is completely surrounded by water | island |
Land form that has steep sides and a flat top | plateau |
Land form that is wide and flat | plain |
type of rock found near a volcano | igneous |
Lowland between mountains | Valley |
a land form with steep sides and a pointed top | Mountain |
opening in the Earth's crust from which lava flows | volcano |
deep valley with steep sides | canyon |
small body of salt water usually connected to an ocean | sea |
large flowing body of fresh water | river |
small body of fresh water surrounded entirely by land | pond |
large body of fresh water surrounded entirely by land | lake |
large body of salt water that surrounds a continent | ocean |
small moving body of fresh water that empties into a river | stream |