Geography Vocabulary Flashcards
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Continental Drift
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Theory of the movement of the seven continents to their present position.
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Delta
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Area built by the sediment from upstream of a river.
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Pangaea
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Giant continent theory
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Geography
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The study of the Earth’s physical features
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Fall Zone
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Divides the Up Country from the Low Country
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Barrier Island
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Low sandy islands that protect the coast
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Coastal Plain
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Lower and upper pine belt.
Outer = rivers region
Inner = low bottom land
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Carolina Bays
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Oval depression in the soil. Fly traps live here.
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Sandhill
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Along fall zone. Has red hills to the south and sandhills to the north.
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Piedmont
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Foot of the mountains. “Foothills”
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Blue Ridge
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Alpine area
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Coastal Zone
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Three sections.
Grand Strand
Santee Delta
Barrier Islands
