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Water And Landforms
A list of landforms and waterforms and their definitions. (for FINALS!!!)
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Geography
6th Grade
06/11/2010

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Archipelago
Definition
A chain or cluster of islands, formed tetonically.
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Atoll
Definition
An island of coral which incircles a lagoon.
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Basin
Definition
A region in which all water drains to a common area.
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Canyon
Definition
A deep ravine between cliffs, often made by a river.
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Cape
Definition
A point of land extending into a body of water.
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Cliff
Definition
A significant vertical rock exposure.
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Continent
Definition
A large landmass on Earth (or a large landmass unseparated by water on Earth)
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Delta
Definition
A fan-shaped landform made of silt that forms on the mouth of a river.
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Desert
Definition
An area that receives an average annual precipitation of less than 10 in. per year.
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Hill
Definition
A landform that extends above the surrounding terrain.
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Island
Definition
A piece of sub-continental land completely surrounded by water.
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Isthmus
Definition
A narrow strip of land connecting 2 pieces of land, usually between water.
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Mesa
Definition
An elevated area of land with a flat top and cliffs for sides.
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Mountain
Definition
A large landform that stretches above the surrounding area, usually in a peak.
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Peninsula
Definition
A piece of land surrounded by water but connected to land via an isthmus.
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Plain
Definition
A piece of land which is flat or gently rolling.
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Plateau
Definition
An area of highland with a flat top.
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Prairie
Definition
A flat area of land with temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and grasses and shrubs rather than trees.
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Reef
Definition
A rock, sandbar or other feature lying beneath the surface of water.
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Savannah
Definition
A grassland ecosystem with an open canopy of trees.
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Tundra
Definition
An ecosystem (offically a biome) in which the tree growth is hindered by the cold temperature and short growing seasons.
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Valley
Definition
A depression with predominant extent in one direction.
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Volcano
Definition
An opening in a planet's surface which allows hot magma, ash, and gases to escape from down below.
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Bay
Definition
An area of water mostly surrounded by land.
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Bayou
Definition
An extremely slow-moving stream or a marshy lake or a wetland.
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Brook
Definition
A small stream.
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Canal
Definition
A human-made channel for water.
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Channel
Definition
The confine of a river, slough, or ocean strait consisting of the bed and banks.
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Cove
Definition
A small bay, often circular and inside a larger bay.
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Estuary
Definition
  A partly enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.
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Fjord
Definition
A long, narrow inlet with steep sides.
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Glacier
Definition
A perennial mass of ice which moves over land.
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Gulf
Definition
A large bay that is part of an ocean or sea.
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Lagoon
Definition
A body of sea water or brackish water separated from the sea by some form of barrier.
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Lake
Definition
A body of liquid, larger and deeper than a pond, which is surrounded by land, not connected to the ocean.
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Marsh
Definition
A type of wetland subject to frequent or continuous flood.
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Mouth
Definition
The part of the river where it connects to a larger waterform, such as a sea, ocean, or lake.
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Ocean
Definition
A major body of salt water. There is one continuous one.
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Rapids
Definition
A rocky area of a river that is faster and more turbulent than the other areas.
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Reservoir
Definition
A human-made lake used to store water, usually made by a dam.
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River
Definition
A natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards a lake, ocean, sea, or larger river.
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Sea
Definition
Usually a large body of saline water connected with a ocean. Sometimes used to mean a lake of salt water with no natural outlets.
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Sound
Definition
 A sea or ocean inlet larger than a bay and wider than a fjord or a narrow sea or ocean channel between two landforms.
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Source
Definition
The beginning point of a river.
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Spring
Definition
A place where liquids or gases from under a planet's crust squirt out.
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Strait
Definition
A narrow, navigable channel of water which connects two larger bodies of water, usually between land.
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Swamp
Definition
A wetland featuring flooding in many areas, dominated by trees.
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Tributary
Definition
A river which flows into a larger river, but not directly into a sea, lake, or ocean.
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Waterfall
Definition
A place where water rapidly flows downward over a cliff.
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