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Geography
4th Grade
11/09/2007

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Glacier
Definition
A large body or thick sheet of ice
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Plateau
Definition
A hill or small mountain with a flat top.
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Marshland
Definition
A region has that is wet and soggy.
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Valley
Definition
A valley is a low place between mountains.
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Peninsula
Definition
A body of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
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Bay
Definition
A part of an ocean or lake that cuts deeply into the land
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region
Definition
an area with common features that set it apart from other areas
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elevation
Definition
The height of land above the level of the sea.
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Moraine
Definition
A long low ridge of rocks sand and soil left by glaciers.
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Landform
Definition
Any of the shapes that make up Earth's surface
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Climate
Definition
A weather pattern
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Boundary
Definition
A seperative line
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Glacial drift
Definition
Piles and ridges rocks sand and soil left by glaciers
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Ice Age
Definition
A period of time long ago when ice covered much of the land.
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Bluff
Definition
1. a cliff, headland, or hill with a broad, steep face.
2. North Dakota, Wisconsin, and the Canadian Prairie Provinces.a clump or grove of trees on a prairie or other generally treeless area.
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reservoir
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a natural or artificial place where water is collected and stored for use, esp. water for supplying a community, irrigating land, furnishing power, etc.
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driftless area
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a tract of land that was once surrounded but never covered by a continental glacier, consequently having no glacial deposits.
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5 regions
Definition
Lake Superior lowlands, Northern Highlands, Central Plains, Western uplands, Eastern Ridges and lowlands
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Deepest Lake
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Green lake
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Largest Lake
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Lake Winnebago
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Ways glacier changes Wisconsin
Definition
flattened small hills and dug holes in the ground.
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