This is my Geography flashcard reveiw HW.
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| What is a low-lying land area that is surrounded by land of higher elevation? | A basin.
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| What is a part of a body of water that is partly enclosed by land with acsess to the ocean? | A bay.
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| What do you call features or qualities belonging typically to a person / place / thing and serving to identify it? | Characteristics.
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| Whiat is a large land mass surrounded by water? | A continent.
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| What determines the directional flow of rivers? | The continental divide.
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| What is the lowest point of elevation in North America? | Death valley.
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| What do you call the height above sea level? | Elevation.
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| What is the imaginary line at 0 degrees that runs East to West? | The equator.
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| What is the prosess by which the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, wind, waves, ect.? | Erosion.
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| What is the land mass called the contains both Europe and Asia? | Eurasia.
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| What is the study or people, their enviroments, and their resources? | Geography.
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| What do you call and arm of an ocean or sea that is partly enclosed by land? (Usually larger than a bay) | A gulf.
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| What is an area of raised land that is lower and more rounded than a mountain? | A hill.
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| What is a land area sourrounded by water? (Smaller than continent) | An island.
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| What do you call a bidy of water sourrounded by land? (Usually fresh; not salty) | A lake.
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| What lines are imaginary on a glode that run East to West and measure North and South on the equator? (Also known as Parallels) | Latitude lines.
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| What lines are imaginary on a globe that run North and South and measure East or West on the Prime Meridian? (Also known as Meridians) | Longitude lines.
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| What is a chain of connected mountains? | A mountain range.
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| What is a raised land, higher than a hill? (usually with steep and rocky sides) | A mountain
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| What do you call any of the five largest bodies of salt water on the Earth's surface? | Oceans.
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| What is a peioce of land that is sourrounded by water on three sides? | A peninsula.
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| What is a broad area of fairly level land that is generally at low elevation? | A plain.
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| What is a large area of mostly flat land at a high elevation? | A plateau.
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| What do you call the imaginary line at 0 degrees that runs North to South? | The prime meridian.
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| What is a large stream of water that empties into a lake, sea, or ocean? | A river.
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| What is a stream or small river that flows into a larger stream or river? | A tributary.
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| What is an area or low-lying land between hills or mountains? | A valley
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