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Geography Terms
Geography Terms
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Bay: a small body of water partially
surrounded by land
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Butte: a visible hill with steep, often
vertical sides and a small, relatively flat top
(Similar to but smaller than a plateau, mesa and table)
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Canal: a man-made waterway for boats
or for draining or irrigating land
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Canyon: a deep valley or crevice in the earths
surface, with very steep sides and usually with a
river running through it
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Delta: a triangular, fertile area of land
around the mouth of a large river
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Glacier: a huge sheet of snow or ice moving
slowly down a slope (mountain) or valley
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Whats the difference between a
GLACIER and an ICEBERG?
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Gulf: a large portion of the ocean,
partially surrounded by land
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Island: a body of land completely
surrounded by water
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Isthmus: a narrow strip of land
connecting two larger pieces of land
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Lagoon: a body of shallow sea or salt
water that is separated from a larger sea
by some barrier (sand, rock, reef, etc.)
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Lake: a large inland body of standing
water (usually freshwater)
Pacific
Atlantic
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Peninsula: a long piece of land
surrounded by water on three sides
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Plain: a large, flat, and mostly treeless
area of land
Mississippi River
Merrimack River
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Sound: a wide channel linking two larger bodies
of water or separating an island from the mainland
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Swamp: wet, spongy land often partly
covered with water
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Tundra: a vast, treeless arctic plain
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Volcano: an opening in the Earths surface that
forms when lava, gases, and rocks erupt, or burst
out, from deep inside the Earth
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