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Geography Terms Flashcards

1
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A relatively narrow waterway joining two larger bodies of water.

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Strait

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An elongated lowland between mountain ranges or hills; often has a river or stream running along the bottom.

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Valley

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A tall, isolated rocky hill or mountain with a flat top and steep sides.

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Butte

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4
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Flattop, elevated landform.

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Mesa

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5
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A lowland region saturated by water.

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Swamp

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6
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An underground hollow with an opening at the surface.

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Cave

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A long, narrow coastal valley between tall, rocky cliffs, gouged out by a glacier and flooded by the sea.

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Fjord

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A narrow projection of a larger territory, as in Florida, Texas, and Oklahoma.

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Panhandle

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A wide area of level or rolling wet, tall grassland.

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Prairie

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An open grassland with widely spaced trees in a hot, seasonally dry climate.

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Savanna

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11
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A dense tropical evergreen forest with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

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Rainforest

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12
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A body of saltwater surrounded almost entirely by land.

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Sea

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13
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A sandy, pebbly, or rocky shore of a body of water.

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Beach

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14
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A landform surrounded by water on three sides.

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Peninsula

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15
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A steep, high face of rock.

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Cliff

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16
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A triangular plain formed by the gravel, silt, sand, and clay deposited at a river’s mouth where it slows to meet another body of water.

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Delta

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17
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A natural land elevation smaller than a mountain.

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Hill

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18
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A rugged mass of rock that rises above the surrounding landscape with steep slopes and a peak or summit.

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Mountain

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19
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A dry, barren region that receives little or no precipitation.

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Desert

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20
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A bowl-shaped depression in the earth or the funnel-shaped opening of a volcano.

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Crater

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21
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A pointed piece of land jutting into the sea from the coastline of a continent or large island.

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Cape

22
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A very large, flat area of land that usually is higher than the land around it, with at least one steep slope.

A

Plateau

23
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An artificial waterway used for irrigation or travel.

A

Canal

24
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A large area of relatively flat or gently rolling land.

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Plain

25
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Vast treeless plans with permafrost and small, low plants.

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Tundra

26
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Land covered by dense tropical vegetation.

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Jungle

27
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A large area thickly covered with trees.

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Forest

28
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A piece of land, smaller than a continent, completely surrounded by water.

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Island

29
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A deep valley with high, steep walls.

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Canyon

30
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The deepest part of a river harbor.

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Channel

31
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A long, relatively wide body of water, larger than a channel or strait, that often connects with bodies of water.

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Sound

32
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A mound or ridge of coral polyps and their hard limestone remains, combined with sand and minerals.

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Coral reef

33
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A shallow pool f water at the center of an atoll.

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Lagoon

34
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The earth’s largest continuous stretches of saltwater.

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Ocean

35
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A natural hot spring that intermittently ejects steam and hot water into the air.

A

Geyser

36
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A natural stream of water descending from a steep height.

A

Waterfall

37
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A wetlands area always or sometimes covered with shallow water whose main types of plants are soft-stemmed reeds, rushes, sedges, and grasses.

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Marsh

38
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A stream of water of considerable volume.

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River

39
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A large, principal land mass.

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Continent

40
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A large inland body of fresh or saltwater.

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Lake

41
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A ring-shaped island formed by coral buildup on the rim of an underwater volcano.

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Atoll

42
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A body of water partially enclosed by land with a wide outlet to the ocean.

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Bay

43
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An arc-shaped chain of islands.

A

Archipelago

44
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An opening in the earth’s crust through which red-hot, melted rock, or magma rises to the surface from deep inside the earth and spills out as lava.

A

Volcano

45
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A ridge or hill of sand blown or drifted by the wind in deserts or on beaches.

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Dune

46
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A narrow strip of land between two seas or oceans that connects two larger land areas.

A

Isthmus

47
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An area of a sea or ocean partially enclosed by land; larger than a bay.

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Gulf

48
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A barren area with eroded ridges, peaks and mesas, and sparse vegetation.

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Badlands

49
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A mass of floating ice that has broken away from a glacier.

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Iceberg

50
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A large body of ice that moves across the earth’s surface.

A

Glacier

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