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Social Study Land Form Vocab
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7th Grade
09/23/2009

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Reef
Definition
A ridge of rocks or sand at or near the suface of water.
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Reseivor
Definition
A lake where water is collected and saved for future uses.
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Canal
Definition
A man made water way connecting two bodies of water and is designed to shorted time travel or irrigate.
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Canyon
Definition
Narrow valley with steep sides; usually created by erosions.
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Cape
Definition
A curved of hooked pieave of land extending into a body of water.
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Channel
Definition
A narrow deep waterway connecting two large bodies of water; the deepest part of the waterway.
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Climate
Definition
The pattern of weather conditions (Temperature, percipitation) over a long period of time.
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Cliff
Definition
High steep slope of rock or soil.
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Strait
Definition
A narrow waterway connecting two larger bodies of water.
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Swamp
Definition
An aera of land that is always soaked with water; low, wet land that supports grass and trees.
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Tide
Definition
The regular rising and falling of the water of the oceans and water connected to the ocean.
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Tributary
Definition
A river of stream that flows into a larger river of stream.
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Upstream
Definition
The direction twords a river's source; oppisite to the river's flow.
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Valley
Definition
Low land between hills/mountains.
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Coast
Definition
Land along the sea or ocean.
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Continent
Definition
One of the seven largest bodies of land on Earth.
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Current
Definition
The flow of a stream of water.
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Dam
Definition
A wall built up across a stream of river to hold back water.
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Delta
Definition
Land built up by deposits of sand and silt at the mouth of some rivers.
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Desert
Definition
Dry baren reigon usually sandy and without trees, little rainfall, or practicle use of land, unless irrigated.
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Downstream
Definition
The direction of the river's flow; twords the mouth of a river
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Fault
Definition
A fracture in the rocks along which there has been movement.
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Sea
Definition
A large body of water, usually salt, and partly or completely surrounded by land/
Term
Sound
Definition
A wide channel connecting two bodies of water or an inlet between the mainland and islands.
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Waterfall
Definition
Okace where water makes a sheer drop; usually over a cliff.
Term
Volcano
Definition
Cone shaped mountain with a hole in the top.
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Rapids
Definition
A part of a river, generally shallow, where the currents move swiftly over rocks.
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River
Definition
A large stream of water flowing through the land into a lake, ocean, or any body of water.
Term
Altitude (Elevation)
Definition
The hight above sea level.
Term
Archepelgo
Definition
A group of many islands.
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Basin
Definition
An area of land largely enclosed by higher land.
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Bay
Definition
Part of a body of water that reaches into the land; usually smaller then a gulf.
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Fjord
Definition
A narrow inlet of the sea between high banks or cliffs created by glaciers.
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Forest
Definition
A large tract of land covered with trees, and underbrush; exstensice wooded area.
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Glacier
Definition
A large body of slow mocing ice which alters the land around it through displacement.
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Gulf
Definition
Part of a sea or ocean that reaches into land usually larger then a bay.
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Harbor
Definition
A sheltered area where ships may anchor saftly.
Term
Hemisphere
Definition
Half the earth usually refered to as eastern, western; northern, southern.
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Highland
Definition
An aera of hills, plateaus, and mountains.
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Hill
Definition
A raised part of the earth's surface with floping sides; old mountain which because of erosions, has become rounder and shorter.
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Iceberg
Definition
A large mass of floating ice that has been broken off a glacier, most of this is underwater.
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Inlet
Definition
A small part of a body of water that reaches into a coast.
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Island
Definition
And sre of land completely surrounded by water.
Term
Isthmus
Definition
Narrow strip of land with water on both sides connecting two larger pieces of land.
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Lake
Definition
A large body of water surrounded by land.
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Latitude
Definition
Imaginary lines on a globe or a map used to measure distance from the equator; parallel lines running from east to west.
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Longitude
Definition
Imaginary lines on a globe or map used to measure from the Prine Neruduab; kubes running from pole to pole.
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