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Geography Terms Flashcards

1
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A hollow place for water; an enclosed part of water, forming a broad space within a strait or narrow entrance; a little bay.

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Basin

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A steep slope of ground rising from a lake, a river, or the sea.

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Bank

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A ring-shaped coral reef, island, or set of small islands nearly or completely surrounding a lagoon.

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Atoll

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4
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A long, narrow passage of water; a creek.

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Arm

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A body of water interspersed with many isles

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Archipelago

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The elevation of an object in relationship to a given plane, often sea level.

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Altitude

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7
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A smaller stream running into a larger one or proceeding from it.

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Branch

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Soft, wet ground covered with grass or other plants, too soft to bear a man.

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Bog

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9
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A high bank, almost perpendicular, projecting into the sea.

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Bluff

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The shore of the sea or of a lake, washed by the tide and waves.

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Beach

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A soggy,swampy, slow moving body of water, obstructed by vegetation.

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Bayou

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12
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An arm of the sea, extending up into the land, smaller than a gulf and larger than a creek.

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Bay

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13
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A rock that breaks the waves; a wave that breaks against a rock, a sand bank, or the shore,exhibiting a white foam

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Breakers

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The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice or the bank of a river.

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Brink

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15
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A small natural stream of water; a current flowing from a spring

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Brook

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16
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An artificial cut or passage for water used for transportation

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Canal

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17
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A long deep hollow with steep, rocky sides worn by a stream or torrent of water.

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Canyon

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18
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A head land; the head, point, or termination of a neck of land, extending some distance into the sea

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Cape

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a hollow place in the earth; a subterraneous cavern; a den; maybe natural or artificial

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Cave

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20
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A deep, naturally hollow place in the earth, deeper than a cave

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Cavern

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21
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an arm of the sea; a straight or narrow sea between two continents or between a continent and an isle

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Channel

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22
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A cleft or fissure in a rock or the earth’s surface caused by a disrupture

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Chasm

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23
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a cone-shaped hill of volcanic material surrounding an opening in the earth.

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Cinder Cone

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24
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A high, steep almost vertical rock, usually on a coast

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Cliff

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25
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The edge or margin of the land next to the sea; the seashore

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Coast

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26
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A great extent of land,not disjoined or interrupted by a sea.

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Continent

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27
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The edge of a continent that is submerged in water

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Continental Shelf

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28
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Any tract of land or inhabited land; any region, as distinguished from other regions;a kingdom,state,or lesser district

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Country

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29
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A small inlet or bay; a recess in the sea shore

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Cove

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30
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A steep, rugged rock; a rough, broken rock or point of a rock

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Crag

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31
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The aperture or mouth of a volcano

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Crater

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32
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A small inlet, a recess in the shore of the sea or of a river, a small stream.

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Creek

33
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Land prepared for crops

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Cultivated land

34
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A flowing or passing of water; a stream

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Current

35
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A low place between hills; a vale or valley

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Dale

36
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A bank or mound of earth; any wall or a frame of wood raised to obstruct a current of water.

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Dam

37
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A small vale with woods

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Dell

38
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an area of triangular shaped land located at the mouth of a main river from which distributaries flow

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Delta

39
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A vast sandy plain characterized by minimal precipitation and plant growth.

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Desert

40
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A ditch, a mound of earth, stones, or other materials, intended to prevent low lands from being inundated by the sea or a river.

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Dike

41
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A ridge that determines the direction water drains for adjacent water systems; a watershed

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Divide

42
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The direction a river flows; flowing with the current

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Downstream

43
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Area drained by a river and it’s tributaries; a watershed

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Drainage Basin

44
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Hill, mound, or ridge of sand formed by wind

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Dune

45
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The terraqueous globe that we inhabit

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Earth

46
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Elevated ground; a rising ground; a hill or mountain

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Elevation

47
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The point where rivers descend rapidly due to a distinct decline in elevation

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Fall Line

47
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An arm of the sea; the mouth of a river or lake where the tide meets the current.

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Estuary

48
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A piece of land enclosed for tillage or pasture

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Field

49
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A long, narrow, deep valley formed by glacial erosion and flooded by ocean water.

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Fjord

50
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A hill at the base of the mountain.

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Foothill

51
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A place in a river or other water where it may be passed by man or beast on foot or by wading.

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Ford

52
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An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees.

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Forest

53
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A field or an immense mass of ice formed in deep but elevated valleys, remaining frozen throughout the heat of summer.

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Glacier

54
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A valley; a dale; a depression or space between hills

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Glen

55
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A narrow hollow with steep, rocky sides worn by a stream or torrent of water

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Gorge

56
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a wood of small extent

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Grove

57
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a small, narrow hollow with steep walls worn by a stream or torrent of water

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Gulch

58
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a recess in the ocean from the general line of the shore into the land; a tract of water extending from the ocean or a sea into the land between two points or promontories; a large bay

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Gulf

59
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A port or haven for ships/ a bay or inlet of the sea where ships can moor

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Harbor

60
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a cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting from the shore into the sea or other expanse of water.

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Headland

61
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a natural elevation of land; a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land

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Hill

62
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the line that terminates the view when extended on the surface of the earth

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Horizon

63
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a hill or mountain of ice; a vast body of ice accumulated in valleys in high northern latititudes

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Iceberg

64
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a bay or recess in the shore of the sea, a lake, or a large river; a narrow body of water between isles.

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Inlet

65
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land watered by causing a stream to flow upon it and spread over it.

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Irrigated Land

66
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a tract of land surrounded by water

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Island

67
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a neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected or by a which a peninsula is united to the mainland

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Isthmus

68
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the place or point of union

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Junction

69
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a chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water; a cay

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Keys

70
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A round hill or mount

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Knob

71
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The top or crown of a hill; a little round hill or mount; a small elevation of earth

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Knoll

72
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An enclosed or partially enclosed shallow body of salt water divided from the ocean by low sandy dunes or a coral reef.

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Lagoon

73
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A large and extensive collection of water contained in a cavity or hollow of the earth

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Lake

74
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Earth; the solid matter that constitutes the fixed part of the surface of the globe.

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Land

75
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The distance of any place on the globe, north or south of the equator

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Latitude

76
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A ridge; a prominent row

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Ledge

77
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the slope of ground on the left-hand side of the river when facing downstream

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Left-bank

Challenge A (10 decks)

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