Plateau- A high flat area that rises steeply above the land

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Plateau- A high flat area that rises steeply above the land. PG. 1. Dam -A wall built across a river, creating a lake that stores water. . Page 2. Oasis- A fertile area that is watered by a spring. PG. 3. Desert. A dry environment with few plants and animals. p g. 4. 5. Peninsula. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Plateau- A high flat area that rises steeply above the land.

Dam -A wall built across a river, creating a lake that stores water.

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Oasis- A fertile area that is watered by a spring.

Desert

A dry environment with few plants and animals.

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Peninsula

A body of land nearly surrounded by water

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Bay

Part of an ocean or lake that extends deeply into

the land

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A rounded, raised landform; not as high as a mountain

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Canyon- a deep narrow valley with steep sides.

Gulf

Part of an ocean that extends into the land; larger than a bay.

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Reservoir

A natural or artificial lake used to store water 10

MESAA hill with flat top ; smaller than a

plateau.

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A small flat- topped hill smaller than a mesa or plateau

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Valley- an of low land between hills or mountain.

COASTThe land along an ocean.

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IslandA body of land completely surrounded by water.

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A large body of salt water, oceans cover much of earth’s surface.

Ocean

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MOUTHThe place where a river empties

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DELTA

Land made of soil left behind as a river drains into a larger body of water

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RIVER BASINAll the land that is drained by a

river and its tributaries.

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PLAIN

A large area of nearly flat land.Pg. 20

PortA place where ships load and unload their goods.

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CANAL

A channel built to carry water

for irrigation or transportation.

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A sheltered place along a coast where boats dock safely.

Harbor:

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PEAK

the top of a mountain

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Timberline

A line above which trees do not grow

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RIVER26

A stream of water that flows across the land and empties into

another body of water.

Mountain PassA narrow gap through a mountain range.

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A bowl shaped landform surrounded by higher land.

Basin

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Mountain RangeA row or chain of

mountains.

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A waterfall is a flow of water falling vertically.

Waterfalls

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SOURCEThe starting point of a river.

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Tributary

A smaller river that flows into a larger river

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LakesBody of water completely surrounded by land

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Glacier

A huge sheet of ice that moves slowly across land.

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Mountains A high

landform with steep sides;

higher than a hill.

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VOLCANO

An opening in Earth’s surface through which hot rock and ash are forced

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