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PLATEAU:A HIGH, FLAT AREA THAT
RISES STEEPLY ABOVE THE SURROUNDING
LAND.
DAM
A wall built across a river creating a lake that stores water.
A fertile area in a desert watered by a spring.
oasis
DESERT
A dry environment with a 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.
HILL
A rounded raised landform not as high as a mountain
Canyon
A deep narrow valley with steep sides
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GULF
Part of an ocean that extends into the land;
larger than a bay.
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A natural or artificial lake used to store water.
Reservoir
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MESA
A hill with a flat top, smaller than a plateau
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BUTTE
A small, flat topped hill, smaller than a mesa or plateau
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valley
An area of low land between hills or mountain.
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COASTThe land along an ocean.
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ISLANDA body of
land completely surrounded by water.
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OCEAN
A layer body of salt water ocean that
covers much of the earth surface.16
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DELTA Land made of soil left behind as a
river drains into a large body of water.
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RIVER BASIN All the land
that is drained by a river and its tributaries.
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PLA
IN
A large area of nearly flat land.
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PORT
A place where ships load and unload their goods.
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A channel built to carry water for irrigation or transportation.
CANAL
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HARBORA sheltered place along a coast
where boats dock safely
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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.
A narrow gap through a mountain range. Pg 27
MOUNTAIN PASS
BASIN
A bowl-shaped landform
surrounded by higher land.
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a row or chain mountains A row or chain of mountains
Mountain range
A waterfall is a flow of water falling vertically.
Waterfalls
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SOURCE The starting
point of a river.
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TRIBUTARY
A smaller river that flows into a larger river
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LAKE
Body of water completely surrounded by land
LAND
WATER
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Glacier
A huge sheet of ice that moves slowly across the
land 34
Mountain
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
out.
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