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TERMS
one of five major bodies of salt water that surround the continents
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Gulf A body of water generally
smaller than an ocean
A body of water partially enclosed by land, smaller than a gulf Bay of Biscay
narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water
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Delta (mouth)
• An area of land at the end of a river that forms usually triangular in shape.
• It usually has fertile soil called silt.
place where a river widens & flows into a larger body of water
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small river or stream that flows into a large river
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large body of ice that moves across the surface of the earth
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mountains, hills, plateaus, plains
• A series (group) of peaks higher than hills.
ElevationElevation Height of land above sea level
Valley • Long low area of land between mountains
or hills (often has a river flowing through it)
Waipi’o Valley Hawaii
Death Valley California
a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain
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area of high, usually flat land but
can be rolling
Colorado Plateau
Zion National Park, Utah
A large area of flat, level land, (low elevation) and often covered with grasses
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land suitable for growing crops
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PeninsulaA large piece of land that is nearly surrounded by
water (at least 3 sides)
narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areasareas
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Body of land completely surrounded by water
a group of islands
area that receives less than 10 inches of rain in a year
Sand Dunes, Australia
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FIND AND LABEL THE FOLLOWING ON YOUR MAP
• Ocean
• Gulf
• Bay
• Strait
• Delta
• Tributary
• Glacier
• Coast
• Mountain
range
• Valley
• Plateau
• Plain
• Peninsula
• Isthmus
• Island
• Archipelago
• Cape
• Desert