Geography Vocabulary 10/17/11 – Flashcards
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Some bats ______, which means they sleep during the winter.
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hibernate
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Basin
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an area of land drained by a given river and its branches;an area of land surrounded by lands of higher elevation
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Bay
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the part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline,generally smaller than a gulf
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Channel
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a wide strait or waterway between 2 landmasses that lie close to each other;deep part of a river or other waterway.
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Harbor
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a sheltered place along a shoreline where shops can anchor safely
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Gulf
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part of a large body of water that extends in to a shoreline, generally larger and more deeply indented than a bay
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Lake
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a sizable inland body of water
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Mouth(of a river)
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a place where a stream or river flows into a larger body of water
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Ocean
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one of the 4 major bodies of salt water that surround the continents
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Ocean Current
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a stream of either cold or warm water that moves in a definite direction through an ocean
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River
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a large, natural stream of water that runs through the land.
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Sea
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a large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land.
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Sound
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a broad, inland body of water, often between a coastline and one or more islands off the coast
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Source(of a river)
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a place where a river of stream begins,often in highlands
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Strait
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a narrow stretch of water joining 2 larger bodies of water
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Tributary
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a small river or stream that flows into a large river or stream; a branch of the river.
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Canyon
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a deep and narrow valley with steep walls.
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Cape
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a point of land that extends into a river,lake or ocean
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Cliff
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a step,high of rock, earth, or ice
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Continent
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One of the 7 largest land masses on the earth
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Delta
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A flat low lying- land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth
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Desert
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a region of vegetation, either cold or hot, that receives ten inches or less of precipitation a year
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Glacier
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a large thick body of slow moving ice
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Hill
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elevated land with sloping sides and a rounded summit;generally smaller than a mountain
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Island
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a land area;smaller that a continent completely surrounded by water
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Isthmus
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a narrow stretch of land connecting 2 larger land areas
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Mesa
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broad;flat topped landform with steep sides;smaller than a plateau
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Mountain
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land with steep sides that rises sharply(1000 feet or more) from surrounding land;generally later and more rugged that a hill
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Peninsula
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a body of land jutting into a lake or ocean,surrounded on 3 sides by water
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Plain
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an area of level land;usually at low elevation and often covered with grasses
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Plateau
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area of flat or rolling land a a high elevation, about 300-3,000 feet high
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Rain forest
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a tropical dense evergreen woodland with an annual rainfall of 100 inches of more
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Tundra
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a region of vegetation at high latitudes, high elevations and characterized by cold temperatures and sparse vegetation
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Valley
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an area of low and between hills or mountains
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Volcano
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a mountain created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the earth
