geographic terms land and water forms. you will be creating your own country soon. in addition to...
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Geographic Terms
Land and Water Forms
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You will be creating your own country soon. In addition to taking notes, you will draw a visual of each term given. It will help your grade on this project.
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Valley
• Space between hills or mountains
• Depression in the surface of the land
Yosemite
Valley
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Isthmus
• Narrow strip of land with water on both sides, connecting 2 larger land areas
• Example: Panama connects North and South America
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Mountain Range
• Series of hills or mountains
• Example: Himalayas Picture taken from International Space Station
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Strait
• Narrow channel of the sea joining 2 bodies of water
Example: Strait of Gibraltar joins Atlantic Ocean to Mediterranean Sea
Morocco
Spain
Atlantic
Mediterranean
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Delta
• Flat, low-lying plain, sometimes
formed at the end
of a river, usually
triangular shaped
Nile River Delta
of Egypt
Nile River Delta
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Peninsula
• Land surrounded by water on 3 sides
Florida Peninsula
Sinai
Peninsula
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Plateau
• High flatland
Plateau in the Grand Canyon
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Canyon
• “hollow tube” between mountains Example: The Grand Canyon of Arizona
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Gulf
• Large body of water (part of ocean or sea) that is partly enclosed by land
Gulf of Mexico
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Lake
• Body of water (usually fresh water) that is surrounded by land
Lake Victoria
of Africa
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Archipelago
• Group of islands
Examples: Virgin Islands of the Caribbean
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Basin
• The land drained by a river; land surrounded by higher land. In some cases a basin has a lake that has no outlet to the ocean.
• Example = Death Valley Basin
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Bay
• An inlet of the sea or other body of water, usually smaller than a gulf but of the same general character; part of a body of water that extends into land.
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Cape
• An extension of land jutting into the water, usually smaller or thinner than a peninsula.
• Cape Cod, USA
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Island
• body of land smaller than a continent and surrounded by water.
• Islands in the Caribbean
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Plain
• A large area of level or nearly level land.• Example: Plain in Mexico
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River
• A large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another stream.
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Sea
• A body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean.
• The Caribbean Sea