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Social studies test
Question | Answer |
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Bowl shaped area of land surrounded by higher land | Basin |
Narrower part of an ocean or lake that cuts into land | Bay |
Narrow waterway dug across land mainly for ship travel | Canal |
Steep narrow vally with high sides | Canyon |
Steep wall of rock or earth sometimes called a bluff | Cliff |
Area of flat land along an ocean or sea | Coastal plain |
Triangle shaped area of flat land at the mouth of the river | Delta |
Very dry lands | Desert |
Area along wich rivers from waterfalls or rapids as the rivers drop to lower land | Fall line |
Large area of land where many trees grow | Forest |
Giant sheet of ice that moves very slowly across a land mass | Glacier |
Body of water larger than most bays with land around most of it | Gulf |
Sheltered body of water where ships tie up to land | Horbor |
Higher land with higher land around it | Hill |
Land with water all around it | Island |
Large body of water all or nearly all around it | Lake |
Flat topped hill with steep sides | Mesa |
A very tall hill highest land on earth | Mountain |
Long row of mountains | Mountain range |
Place where a river empties into another body of water | Mouth |
Any of the four largest bodies of water on earth | Ocean |