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FinalExamRevew 2
chapter 2 voab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bay | part of a large body of water that extands into the shoreline |
| channel | wide strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other |
| elevation | high above sea level |
| landforma | individual features of the land |
| gulf | part of a large body of water that enstends island lager than a bay |
| harbor | a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely |
| island | land completely surronded by water |
| lake | a sizeable inland body of water |
| mountain | land with steep sides that rise sharply (1000 ft or more) from surronding land |
| mountain range | a series of connected mountains |
| peninsula | body of land jutting out into lake or an ocean surronded on three sides by water |
| plain | area of low land at low elavation convered with grass |
| plateau | flat or rolling land at eleavtion usally 300-30000 ft high |
| physical feature | characteristic or a place- naturally occuring like landforms, climate, resources |
| river | large natural stream of water that runs through land |
| sea | lage body of water partially or completely surronded by land |
| strait | narrow strech of water joning two large bodiies of water |
| ocean | one of the four major bodies of salt water that surrond the continets |
| volcano | moutain created as liqued rok and ash erupt from inside the earth |
| valley | area of lowland between hills and moutaina |
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