plateau- a high flat area that rises steeply above the land
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Plateau- A high flat area that rises steeply above the land. PG. 1. Dam -A wall built across a river, creating a lake that stores water. . Page 2. Oasis- A fertile area that is watered by a spring. PG. 3. Desert. A dry environment with few plants and animals. p g. 4. 5. Peninsula. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Plateau- A high flat area that rises steeply above the land.
Dam -A wall built across a river, creating a lake that stores water.
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Oasis- A fertile area that is watered by a spring.
Desert
A dry environment with few plants and animals.
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Peninsula
A body of land nearly surrounded by water
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Bay
Part of an ocean or lake that extends deeply into
the land
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A rounded, raised landform; not as high as a mountain
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Canyon- a deep narrow valley with steep sides.
Gulf
Part of an ocean that extends into the land; larger than a bay.
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Reservoir
A natural or artificial lake used to store water 10
MESAA hill with flat top ; smaller than a
plateau.
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A small flat- topped hill smaller than a mesa or plateau
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Valley- an of low land between hills or mountain.
COASTThe land along an ocean.
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IslandA body of land completely surrounded by water.
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A large body of salt water, oceans cover much of earth’s surface.
Ocean
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MOUTHThe place where a river empties
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DELTA
Land made of soil left behind as a river drains into a larger body of water
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RIVER BASINAll the land that is drained by a
river and its tributaries.
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PLAIN
A large area of nearly flat land.Pg. 20
PortA place where ships load and unload their goods.
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CANAL
A channel built to carry water
for irrigation or transportation.
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A sheltered place along a coast where boats dock safely.
Harbor:
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PEAK
the top of a mountain
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Timberline
A line above which trees do not grow
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RIVER26
A stream of water that flows across the land and empties into
another body of water.
Mountain PassA narrow gap through a mountain range.
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A bowl shaped landform surrounded by higher land.
Basin
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Mountain RangeA row or chain of
mountains.
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A waterfall is a flow of water falling vertically.
Waterfalls
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SOURCEThe starting point of a river.
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Tributary
A smaller river that flows into a larger river
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LakesBody of water completely surrounded by land
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Glacier
A huge sheet of ice that moves slowly across land.
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Mountains A high
landform with steep sides;
higher than a hill.
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VOLCANO
An opening in Earth’s surface through which hot rock and ash are forced
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