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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 strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other. |
| Elevation | height above sea level |
| Landform | individual features of the land |
| Gulf | part of a large body of water that extends inland; larger than a bay. |
| Harbor | a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safley |
| Island | land completely surrounded by water |
| Lake | a sizeable inland of water |
| Mountain | land with steep sides that rise sharply (1,000 ft. or more) from surronding land. |
| Mountain range | a series of connected mountains |
| Peninsula | body of land jutting out into a lake or an ocean surroneded on three sides by water. |
| Plain | area of low land and elavation;covered by grass |
| Plauteau | flat or rolling land at low elevation usually 300-3,000ft. high. |
| Physical feature | charateristics of a place natually occuring like landforms, climate, resources. |
| River | large natural stream of water that runs through land |
| Sea | large body of water partically or completely surrounded by land. |
| Strait | narrow strecth of water joining two larger bodies of water. |
| Ocean | one of the four major bodies of salt water that surround the continents. |
| Volcano | mountain created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the earth. |
| Valley | area of lowland between hills and mountains |