CCS Physical Geography definitions REVIEW #1-30
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| The theory that horizontal movement of the earth's surface causes slow, relative movements of the continents toward or away from one another. | show 🗑
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| Line drawn on a map connecting points which have the same height or depth. | show 🗑
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| show | Cove
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| show | Crater
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| show | Debris Flow
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| A delta is a low, water, land formed at the mouth of a river. It is formed from the silt, sand and small rocks that flow downstream in the river and are deposited in a __________. It is often shaped like a triangle. | show 🗑
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| A large region with little or no vegetation as a result of not receiving enough precipitation. | show 🗑
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| show | Dormant Volcano
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| The area of land drained by a river system. | show 🗑
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| show | Dune
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| show | Active Volcano
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| A group or chain of islands clustered together in a sea or ocean. | show 🗑
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| show | Ash
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| The shell within the earth, some tens of kilometers below the surface and of undefined thickness, which is a shell of weakness where movements take place to permit pressure adjustments. | show 🗑
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| A body of rock that contains significant quantities of water that can be tapped by wells or springs. | show 🗑
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| show | Atmosphere
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| show | Atoll
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| show | Avalanche
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| show | Bay
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| The life layer at and near the surface of the Earth, including both plants and animals. | show 🗑
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| show | Butte
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| show | Caldera
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| A deep valley with very steep sides-often carved from the Earth by a river. | show 🗑
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| show | Cape
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| A large hole in the ground or in the side of a hill or mountain. | show 🗑
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| show | Channel
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| show | Cliff
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| show | Continent
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| show | Continental Crust
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| The raised line of land which separates the streams that flow into one ocean from those flowing into another ocean. | show 🗑
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