Geographic Terms Continent Very large land mass 7
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Geographic Terms
Continent- Very large land mass, 7 on the planet
Island- Land surrounded by water on all sides
Archipelago Large group or chain of islands
Hill. Rounded, raised landform
Mountain- High rounded or pointed landform with steep sides, higher than a hill
Glacier- Large ice mass that moves slowly down a mountain or over land Alaskan glaciers, photos by Holly Sobon 2011
Canyon. A deep narrow valley with steep sides
Valley- Low land area between mountains or hills
Cape- Pointed piece of land extending into an ocean or large body of water
Peninsula. Body of land surrounded by water on three sides
Plateau/Mesa. Broad, flat area of land higher than surrounding land, mesa is smaller than a plateau
Plain. Large area of flat or nearly flat land
Erosion. The process of wearing away land by wind or water
Desert- A very dry area where few plants grow, does not have to be hot-Antarctica
Ocean. Largest bodies of water on the planet, saltwater, interconnected
Lake. Body of water surrounded by land
Source of a River. Place where a river begins, often in mountains or from an underground spring
Mouth of a River- Place where a river empties into a larger body of water
Tributary- River or stream that flows into a larger river or stream
Delta- Triangular area at the mouth of a river formed from sand, dirt, and rocks
Strait. Narrow strip of water connecting two large bodies of water
Canal- Man-made narrow waterway connecting two larger bodies of water
Isthmus. Narrow strip of land connecting two large landmasses
Port/Harbor. Place on a coastline where ships can dock and unload goods, deep water
Gulf/Bay- Part of an ocean or lake extending into the land, gulf is larger than a bay
Currents- Steady flow of ocean water in one direction, linked to winds and lunar gravity
- A pointed piece of land extending into the sea
- Multiplication of scientific notation
- Bud a very large man of mass 130 kg
- Continent continent convergent
- Convergent boundary definition
- A large geographic area characterized
- Geographic terms jeopardy
- Very bad to very good scale
- There is very few soup in the bowl
- Receiving table/area
- Quantifiers with food
- Finding community structure in very large networks
- Very long instruction word architecture
- Pattern of development
- A large forest in a very wet area
- Once upon a time woodcutter story
- Very large field of view
- Large area of flat grassy land
- English nobility who received large land grants
- What are landforms
- Grassland landforms
- Polynomial degrees and terms
- Identify like terms
- Solar spectrum
- Circulation of air masses
- Large body of air
- A perennial mass of ice which moves over land
- Mass to mass stoichiometry formula