landforms 101
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Landforms 101. Landforms are categorized by ______, changes in elevation. relief. Landforms 101. A piece of land surrounded entirely by water. Island. Landforms 101. A narrow neck of land connecting two larger pieces of land. Isthmus. Landforms 101. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Landforms are Landforms are categorized by categorized by ______, changes in ______, changes in elevation.elevation.
reliefrelief
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A piece of land A piece of land surrounded surrounded entirely by entirely by water.water.
IslandIsland
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A narrow neck of land connecting A narrow neck of land connecting two larger pieces of land.two larger pieces of land.
IsthmusIsthmus
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A long narrow valley between cliffs often A long narrow valley between cliffs often with a stream flowing through it.with a stream flowing through it.
CanyonCanyon
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A piece of land A piece of land surrounded by surrounded by water on three water on three sides.sides.
PeninsulaPeninsula
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An area of flat land elevated above An area of flat land elevated above the surrounding land.the surrounding land.
PlateauPlateau
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A group or chain of islands.A group or chain of islands. ArchipelagoArchipelago
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Low land between hills or mountains.Low land between hills or mountains. ValleyValley
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A broad, flat area with few changes in the A broad, flat area with few changes in the landscape.landscape.
PlainPlain
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A long, inland cliff A long, inland cliff or steep slope.or steep slope.
EscarpmentEscarpment
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A hollow or bowl shaped depression A hollow or bowl shaped depression in the earth.in the earth.
BasinBasin
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Land built up by Land built up by deposits at the deposits at the mouth of a river.mouth of a river.
DeltaDelta
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One of the One of the Earth’s large Earth’s large bodies of landbodies of land
ContinentContinent
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Land that is Land that is directly next to a directly next to a sea or ocean.sea or ocean.
CoastCoast
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A point of land jutting out into a body A point of land jutting out into a body of water.of water.
CapeCape
Waterbodies 101Waterbodies 101
An inland body of An inland body of water larger than a water larger than a pond or pool.pond or pool.
LakeLake
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A natural stream of A natural stream of water larger than a water larger than a creek.creek.
RiverRiver
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A narrow waterway A narrow waterway connecting two connecting two larger bodies of larger bodies of water.water.
StraitStrait
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A glacial valley flooded A glacial valley flooded with seawater.with seawater.
FjordFjord
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A river that A river that empties into empties into another riveranother river
TributaryTributary
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A waterbody surrounded on A waterbody surrounded on three sides by landthree sides by land
BayBay
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The place where a river The place where a river empties into a sea or empties into a sea or ocean.ocean.
MouthMouth
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A narrow A narrow opening into the opening into the coastline of a coastline of a sea, ocean, or sea, ocean, or river.river.
InletInlet