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ch2vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bay | part of body of water that extends into the shoreline |
| channel | wide streait or water way between two land masses that lie close to eachother |
| elevation | height above sea level |
| landform | individual features of land |
| gulf | part of large body of water that extends inland;larger than a bay |
| harbor | a sheltered place along a shoreline wheren ships anchor safely |
| island | land completely surronded by water |
| lake | a sizeable inland body of water |
| mountain | land steep sides around 1000ft or more from surrounding land |
| mountain range | a series of connected mountains |
| peninsula | land surrounded by 3 sides of water |
| plain | land at low level of elevation |
| plateua | flat land at high elevetion |
| physical feature | characteristics of a place naturally occuring like a land form |
| river | large natural stream runs through land |
| sea | large body of water surrounded or almost completely surrounded by land |
| strait | narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodys of water |
| ocean | one of four major bodys of water surround continents |
| volcano | mountain creatied as liquid rock and ash errupt from inside the earth |
| valley | area of low land between hills and mountains |