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Social Studies
6th Grade
09/23/2012

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archipelo
Definition
a chain of islands
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atoll
Definition
a ring shaped coral island which surrounds a lagoon
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cape
Definition
a piece of an island which comes to a point
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port
Definition
a place to load and unload goods
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mouth
Definition
where a river empties into larger body of water
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lake
Definition
water completely surrounded by land
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harbor
Definition
a place where ships can safely anchor
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source
Definition
from where a river gets its water
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canyon
Definition
a deep narrow valley with deep sides often which a stream flowing through it
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delta
Definition
a plain at the mouth of a river,often triangular in shape formed where sediment is deposited by flowing water
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glacier
Definition
a huge, slow moving mass of snow and ice
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hill
Definition
an are that rises above surrounding land and has a rounded top lower and usually less steep than a mountain
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island
Definition
an area of land completely surrounded by water
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isthmus
Definition

a narrow strip of land connects two larger areas of land and with water on two sides of it

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mountain
Definition
a landform that rises steeply at least 2,000 feet above surrounding land and usually wide at the bottom and rising to a narrow peak or ridge
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peninsula
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an area of land almost completely surrounded by water but connected to mainland
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river
Definition
a body of water that gets its source from melting snow atop mountains
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strait
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a narrow stretch of water that connects two larger bodies of water
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tribuatry
Definition
a river or stream that flows into a larger river
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volcano
Definition
an opening in earths surface through which molten roc, ashes and gases escape from the enterior
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