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Final Exam Review2
Chptr 2 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bay | a large body of water that extends to shoreline |
| Channel | Wide strait waterway between landmasses that lie close to each other |
| Elevation | height above sea level |
| Landform | features or land |
| Gulf | A large body of water larger then a bay |
| Harbor | a place along a shore line were ships can go safely |
| Island | land completely surrounded by water |
| Lake | a inland body of water |
| Mountain | land steep sides rise 1000 Ft or more |
| Mountain range | a series connected mountains |
| Peninsula | Body of land jutting out into water or surrounded by water |
| Plain | Area of low land covered with grass |
| Plateau | flat or rolling land usally at 300-3000 ft |
| Physics feature | charactoristics of a place like landforms climate and resources |
| River | large stream of water that runs through land |
| Sea | large body of water completely surrounded by land |
| Strait | Narrow stretch of water joining two large bodys of rivers |
| Ocean | One of the four major bodies of salt water |
| Volcano | a firery hot big mountain that comes out as lava liquid rocks |
| Valley | area of lowland between hills and mountains |