climate
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| bay | part of a large body of water
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| drought | long periods of time without water
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| gulf | small body of water
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| ocean | one of the four major landforms of salt water that surrounded continents
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| Sea | large body of water partially or completely surrounded by water
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| strait | narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water
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| elevation | height above land above sea level
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| lake | a sizeable inland body of water
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| mountain | land with steep sides that rise sharply from surrounding land generally larger and more rugged than a hill
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| mountain range | a series of connected mountains
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| island | land area smaller than a continent completely surrounded by water
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| peninsula | body of land jutting into a loak or ocean surrounded by three sides of water
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| plateau | area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation about 300-3000 feet high
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| harbor | a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely
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| tornado | tunnel shaped storm that destroys everything
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| channel | wide straight or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other
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| climate | usual predocatable pattern of weather over a long period of time
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| current | moving streams of water in the world's oceans;affects climate
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| landform | individual features of the land
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| hurricane | violent tropical storm with high winds and heavy rainfall
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| high-lattitude climate | cold climates lies from 60 degrees north to the North Pole and from 60 degrees south to the South Pole
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| highland climate | cold or cool climate
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| tropical climate | warm year round from tropic of cancer and capricorn
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| mid-lat | temperate climate 23 1/2 N and 23 1/2 S
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| prevailing wind | travel around earth in typical pattern
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| El nino | oppisite of la nina
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| La Nina | Eastern winds aka opisite of el nino
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| dry climate | dry areas with no rain
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| typhoon | name for hurricane in Asia
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| tropics | low latitude reigon between Tropic of cancer and capricorn
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| monsoon | sesonal wind that blows over a continent for period of time
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| weather | unpredictable changes in the air that take place in a short period of time
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| plain | area of low elevation covered with grass
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| physical feature | charecteristics of land
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| river | natural stream of water that runs through land
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| volcano | mountain created as liquid rock
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| valley | area of lowland between hills and mountains
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