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GEOGRAPHY TERMS.

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1 GEOGRAPHY TERMS

2 one of five major bodies of salt water that surround the continents

3 A body of water generally smaller than an ocean

4 A body of water partially enclosed by land, smaller than a gulf
of Biscay

5 Glacier

6 narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water

7 It usually has fertile soil called silt.
Nile River An area of land at the end of a river that forms usually triangular in shape. It usually has fertile soil called silt.

8 place where a river widens & flows into a larger body of water
mouth

9 small river or stream that flows into a large river

10 mountains, hills, plateaus, plains
Landform (s) mountains, hills, plateaus, plains

11 A series (group) of peaks higher than hills.

12 Height of land above sea level

13 Long low area of land between mountains or hills (often has a river flowing through it)
Waipi’o Valley Hawaii Death Valley California

14 a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain

15 area of high, usually flat land but can be rolling Colorado
Zion National Park, Utah

16 A large area of flat, level land, (low elevation) and often covered with grasses

17 land suitable for growing crops

18 A large piece of land that is nearly surrounded by water (at least 3 sides)

19 narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas

20 Body of land completely surrounded by water

21 a group of islands

22

23 area that receives less than 10 inches of rain in a year Sand Dunes, Australia Unknown site
HP sample pictures

24 FIND AND LABEL THE FOLLOWING ON YOUR MAP
Ocean Gulf Bay Strait Delta Tributary Glacier Coast Mountain range Valley Plateau Plain Peninsula Isthmus Island Archipelago Cape Desert


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