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A pointed piece of land extending in to an ocean or lake
http://www.capesanblaspetfriendly.com http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?
a raised, flat area of land with steeps cliffs, smaller than a mesa
theabysmal.wordpress.com/2007/03/ www.livingwilderness.com/.../merrick-butte.html
www.desktopscenes.com/.../Soda%20Butte.html www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/compositio...
An opening in Earth’s surface, usually raised, through which
glasses and lava escape from
Earth’s interior.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Villarica_Volcano_(aerial_view)1.jpg
http://akorra.com/uploads/1/super-volcano.jpg
•Volcano
Low land between hills and mountains
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Valley
A narrow strip of water connecting two large bodies of water.
http://www.farnorthscience.com/http://www.cerrahogullari.com
Strait
An area of land that is saturated by water is a…
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http://blog.nola.com/dailyphoto/2007/11/large_swamp.jpg
SWAMP
A broad flat area of land higher than the surrounding land
Higher than land surrounding it
http://www.philipp-winterberg.de/p/Wallpaper_Namibia_Waterberg_Plateau_p78.de.jpg
http://www.clker.com/cliparts/1/a/4/2/12065611121147860794mystica_Arrow_set_(with_deep)_4.svg.hi.png
http://kpingram.com/nwmexplat.jpgBroad, flat top
A narrow strip of water connecting two to bodies of water
http://enwikivisual.comhttp://upload.wikimedia.org
Strait
What is a spot of fertile land in a desert, fed by water from well or underground springs?
OASIS!!!!
http://www.clovisusd.k12.ca.us
http://www.livingwilderness.com/
A wide, flat-topped mountain with steep sides, larger than a butte.
http://www.indybay.org
mesa
What is a soft, wet, low-lying, grassy
land that serves as a transition between water and land?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5b/Macoun_Marsh_Image_.jpg
http://www.biology-blog.com/images/blogs/8-2006/tidal-marshes-72270.jpg
It’s a Marsh!!
http://www.queensland-australia.com
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/
A body of land surrounded by water.
•island
a raised, flat area of land with steeps cliffs, smaller than a mesa
theabysmal.wordpress.com/2007/03/ www.livingwilderness.com/.../merrick-butte.html
www.desktopscenes.com/.../Soda%20Butte.html www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/compositio...
A triangular deposit of soil at the mouth of a river.
http://www.uwsp.edu http://www.uoregon.edu
Delta
A narrow, deep
valley with step
sides.
planetside.co.uk
planetside.co.uk
sedonagrandcanyontourcompany.com
Canyon
Part of an ocean or a lake partially enclosed by land.
http://shangqiuedu.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/hanauma-bay.jpghttp://www.tobinphoto.com/images/photos/chesapeake-bay.jpg
Bay
A large ice mass that moves slowly down a mountain or over land
http://www.easytickets.com.sg/Honeymoon%20Packages/New/Images/Country%20Romance%20NZ/franz_josef_glacier.jpg
http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~koopman/dsn08/pics/hanging_glacier.jpg
• GLACIER
A large, level area of grassland with few or no trees.
http://scenicdakotas.comhttp://www.fws.go
Prairie
What is a wide flat-topped mountain with steep sides, larger
than a butte?
Emhotep.com
What is a wide, flat topped, mountain with steep sides, larger
than a butte?
By, Meghan Lawlor
An opening in Earth’s surface, usually raised, through which gasses and lava escape from Earth’s interior.
Volcano
An area of land that is saturated by water
reserve123.com
kudzufiles.com
• Swamp
a body of land surrounded by water.
www.aerialgraphics.com/images/islands.jpg http://www.wayfaring.info
Soft, wet, low-lying, grassy land that serves as a transition between water and land.
HINT: They are constantly flooded and are very shallow.
www.samlindsey.com
What is a large, level of area of grassland with few or no trees?
Prairiefirenewspaper.com Stolaf.edu
Answer
A triangular area of land formed from deposits at the
mouth of a river
http://www.geo.uu.nl/fg/palaeogeography/researchprogram http://www.flickr.com/photos/avatrian/2279411722/
A narrow strip of water connecting two large bodies of water.
http://www.farnorthscience.com/http://www.cerrahogullari.com
Strait
a sheltered area of water, deep enough for docking ships
www.theodora.com/wfb/photos/australia/sydney_..
www.theodora.com/wfb/photos/australia/sydney_
Harbor!
• A pointed piece of land exten- ding into an ocean or lake.
http://www.capecodsalties.com/
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com
A narrow deep valley with steep sides
planetside.co.ukfireflyforest.net
•Canyon
A raised, flat area of land with steep cliffs, smaller than a mesa
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/West_Mitten_Butte_in_Monument_Valley.jpg
desktopscenes.com
Low land between hills or mountains
Valley
A large ice mass that moves slowly down a mountain or over
land
civicalert.wordpress.com/.../ brenthiggs.wordpress.com/
GLACIER!!!
