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Final Exam Review II
Chapter 2 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bay | part of a large body of water that extends into the shorelines |
| 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 enstends inland; larger than a bay |
| Harbor | a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safeley |
| Island | land completely surrounded by water |
| Lake | a sizeable inland body of water |
| Mountain | land with steep that rises sharply(1,000ft or more) from surrounding land |
| Mountain Range | a series of connected mountains |
| Penisula | a body of land jutting out into a lake or an ocean surrounded on three sides by water |
| Plain | area of low land at low elevation; covered with grass |
| Plateau | flat or rolling land at high elevation usually 300-3,000ft high |
| Physical Feature | characteristics of a placep-naturally ocurring 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 stretch 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 |