Geography Flashcards

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The broad mouth of the river into which the tide flows

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Estuary

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  1. The level below which the ground is saturated with water
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Water table

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Body of either fresh or salt water very large surrounded by land

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Lake

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Part of the course of a river when water rushes over rocks

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Rapiads

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Floating mass of ice separated from the glacier

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Ice berg

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The flow of a stream f water found in both stream and ocean

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Current

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Narrow waterway connecting two large bodies of water

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Strait

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The part of a river that empties into either sea or other river

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Mouth

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Narrow inlet of sea steep sides of glaciated valley

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Fjord

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River that flows into larger river

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Tributary

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  1. Four large bodies on earth
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Ocean

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Portion of sea that extends into land

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Gulf

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Body of water encircled by coral reef

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Lagoon

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Rising and falling of ocean

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Tides

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Riverbank higher than surrounding land

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Levee

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Beginning of brook or river

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Movement of water

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Water cycle

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River of ice

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Bed of salt lake

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Part of body of water that reaches into land smaller than a gulf

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  1. Large natural stream of water
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Narrow strip of water extending into coast

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Artificial waterway

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Usually dry found in desert

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Place to store water
Reservoir
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Land built up because of deposit
Delta
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Swamp marsh or bog
Wetland
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Study of the ocean
Oceanography
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Water that lies just beneath the surface of the earth
Ground water
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Powerful ocean wave
Tsunami