Details Title: aug 2 vocab Description: basic geo. vocab Total Flash Cards: 15 Created: 08/31/2009 14:41:46		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Geography Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term part of a large body og water that extends intoa shoreline. genrally larger than a bay. Definition gulf Term a shelterd place along a shore line where ships can anchor safely Definition harbor Term Definition Term elevated land - hills, mt. - and other plateaus Definition hyarospere (cant read hand writeing) Term a natural elevated of the earth's sureface; smaller than a mt. Definition hill Term island Definition land area, smaller than continent that is surounded by water on all sides Term narrow streach of land connecting 2 larger land areas Definition isthmus Term a size able inland body of watersurounded by land on all sides Definition lake Term the side of a mt that faces away from the ocean wint almost dry (rain shadow) Definition lee ward Term surface area on earths crustincludeing contanits and ocean basins Definition lithosphere Term land useally leval at low elavation (plain) Definition low land Term broud flat top land form with steap side smaller than a plateau Definition mesa Term forest w/ both conifeous and deciduous trees Definition mixed forest Term pointed top of a single mt. Definition mt peak Term Definition