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GEOGRAPHY LANDFORMS TERMS

GEOGRAPHY LANDFORMS TERMS. Rivers – Moving water flowing from high elevation to low elevation. Tributaries – smaller moving bodies of water that form rivers (streams and creeks). thin strip of land connecting two larger land masses; land bridge. ISTHMUS-.

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GEOGRAPHY LANDFORMS TERMS

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  1. GEOGRAPHY LANDFORMS TERMS

  2. Rivers – Moving water flowing from high elevation to low elevation.Tributaries – smaller moving bodies of water that form rivers (streams and creeks)

  3. thin strip of land connecting two larger land masses; land bridge. ISTHMUS-

  4. Narrow strip of water connecting two larger bodies of water. STRAIT -

  5. Ancient snow and ice that are hundreds of feet deep and always moving on land. GLACIER-

  6. Ancient snow and ice that are hundreds of feet deep and always moving on water. ICEBERG-

  7. FJORD Bodies of water cut out by retreating glaciers.

  8. VALLEY- Long, low lands between highlands.

  9. CANYON – Area between level ground caused by erosion.

  10. RIFT - Valley caused by separating plates.

  11. PLATEAU -Raised flat land with at least one steep cliff.

  12. MESA -plateau with steep cliffs on all sides.

  13. ESCARPMENT - single face cliff of a plateau.

  14. ISLAND -land with water on all sides.-large group of islands. ARCHIPELAGO

  15. PENINSULA -land with water on three sides.

  16. – an alluvial fan at a mouth of a river. Fan shaped deposit of mud and gravel often at the foot of a mountain. DELTA ALLUVIAL FAN

  17. Lagoon – small body of water cut off from a large body of water by sand or coral reef.

  18. Atoll - is an island of coral that encircles a dormant volcano partially or completely.

  19. Sea Ocean Lake Gulf Bay

  20. Bodies of water • Ocean - Large bodies of salt water that cover two-thirds of the earth’s surface. • Sea - Large bodies of salt water that are partially or wholly enclosed by land. • Gulf – An area of salt water partly enclosed by coastline. • Bay – Fresh or salt water partly enclosed by land; inlet to a lake or sea. • Lake – Mostly landlocked body of water.

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