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Ch.2 vocab

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Bay   A pert of a large body of water that extends into the shoreline  
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Channel   Wide strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to eachother  
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Current   Moving streams of water in the world's oceans; affects climate  
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Elevation   Height above sea level  
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Landform   Individual features of the land  
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Gulf   Part of a large body of water that extends inland; larger than a bay  
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Harbor   A sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely  
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Island   Land completely surrounded by water  
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Lake   A sizeable inland body of water  
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Mountain   Land with steep sides that rise sharply (1,000 ft/more) from surrounding land  
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Mountain Range   A series of connected mountains  
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Peninsula   A body of land jutting out into a lake/ocean surrounded on three sides of water  
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Plain   Area of lowland at low elevation; covered in grass  
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Plateau   Flat or rolling land at high elevation usually 300-3,000ft high  
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Physical Features   Characteristics of a place naturally occuring like landforms, climate, recources  
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River   Large natural stream of water that runs through land  
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Sea   Large body of water partially or fulls surrounded by land  
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Strait   Narrow streach of water joining two larger bodies of water  
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Ocean   One of the four major bodies of salt water that surroundes the continents  
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Volcano   Mountain created as a liquid; rock and ash erupt from inside the Earth  
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Valley   Area ofmlowland between hills and mountains  
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