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ss vocab 29-42

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define map   Drawing of the Earth, shown on a flat surface.  
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define medridian   One of many lines on the global grid running from the North Pole to the South Pole; used to measure degrees of longitude.  
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define mesa   Broad, flat-topped landform with steep sides; smaller than a plateau.  
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define mountain   Land with steep sides that rise sharply from surrounding, generally larger and more rugged than a hill  
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define mountain peak   pointed top of a mountian  
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define longitude   distance east or west of the prime meridian measured in degrees  
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define latitude   distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees  
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define mountain range   a series of connected mountains  
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define mouth   place where a stream or rivers flows into a larger body of water  
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define ocean   one of the five major bodies of salt waterthat surrond the contienents  
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define ocean current   stream of either cold or warm water that moves in a definite direction through an ocean  
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define parallel   one of many lines on the global grid that circle the earth south or north of the equator, used to measure degrees of latitude  
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define peninsula   body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on the three side by water  
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define physical features   characteristic of a place occuring naturally such as a landform body of water climate pattern or resource  
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define plain   area of level land usually at a low elavation and often covered with grasses  
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define plateau   Area of flat or rolling land at high elavations  
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