social studies Oct 9
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- An arc-shaped chain of islands.
- archipelago
- A dried stream that runs down mountains and when theyÂ’re filled, carry deposits of sand, rock, and gravel to the bottom of the mountain.
- arrovo
- A ring-shaped island formed by coral buildup on the rim of the underwater volcano.
- atoll
- A barren area with eroded ridges, peaks, and mesas, and sparse vegetation.
- band lands
- Ground which slopes to the waterÂ’s edge on a stream, lake, and river.
- bank
- A body of water partially enclosed by land with a wide outlet to the ocean.
- bay
- A sandy, pebbly, or rocky shore of a body of water.
- beach
- A tall, isolated rocky hill or mountain with a flat top and steep sides, which is smaller than a mesa.
- butte
- An artificial (man-made) waterway used for irrigation or travel.
- canal
- A deep valley with high, steep walls
- canyon
- A pointed piece of land jutting into the sea from the coastline of a continent or large island.
- cape
- The deepest part of a river harbor.
- channel
- An underground hollow with an opening at the surface.
- cave
- A steep, high face of rock.
- cliff
- A flat area of land along the coastline of a large body of water.
- coastal plain
- The line that forms the boundary between land and ocean or lake
- continent
- A mound or ridge of coral polyps and their hard limestone remains, combined with sand and minerals.
- coral reef
- A bowl-shaped depression in the earth or a funnel-shaped opening of a volcano.
- crater
- A triangular plain formed by the gravel, silt, sand, and clay deposited at the riverÂ’s mouth where it slows to meet another body of water.
- delta
- A dry, barren region that receives little or no precipitation.
- desert
- A region that suffered a drought or a dust storm.
- dust bowl
- A long, narrow coastal valley between tall, rocky cliffs, gouged out by a glacier and flooded by the sea.
- fjord
- A large area thickly covered with trees.
- forest
- Land that gets flooded often. A plain build up or in the process of being built up by a stream deposition.
- flood plains
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A narrow valley or gorge cut by a stream.
Water ___ - if the stream still occupies the gap.
Wind ____ - if the stream is gone. - gap
- A natural hot spring that intermittently ejects steam and hot water into the air.
- geyser
- A large body of ice that moves across the earthÂ’s surface.
- glacier
- An area of a sea or ocean partially enclosed by land; larger than a bay.
- gulf
- A natural land elevation smaller than a mountain.
- hill
- A mass of floating ice that has broken away from a glacier.
- iceberg
- The interior part of a land mass.
- inland
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1. A ditch or watercourse
2. An embankment made to prevent flooding - dike
- A piece of land, smaller than a continent, completely surrounded by water.
- island
- A narrow strip of land between two seas or oceans that connects two larger land areas.
- isthmus
- Land covered by dense tropical vegetation.
- jungle
- A shallow pool of water at the center of an atoll.
- lagoon
- A large inland body of fresh or saltwater.
- lake
- The bank of a river which has been built up by the deposition of silt when the water in the river overflows.
- levee
- A wetlands area always or sometimes covered with shallow water whose main type of plants are soft-stemmed reeds, rushes, sedges, and grasses.
- marsh
- Flattop, elevated landform. Larger than a butte, but smaller than a plateau.
- mesa
- Underwater mountains.
- mid oceanic ridge
- A ragged mass of rock that rises above the surrounding landscape with steep slopes and a peak or summit.
- mountain
- A series of mountains or mountain ridges closely related in position and direction.
- mountain range
- The place where a river enters the ocean.
- mouth of the river
- One of the largest bodies of salt water on the earth.
- ocean
- A narrow projection of a larger territory, as in Florida, Texas, and Oklahoma.
- pan handle
- A landform surrounded by water on three sides.
- peninsula
- Means “at the foot of a mountain.” The name applies to that region which extends along the foot of a rnage of hills or mountains.
- piedmont
- A high, flat landform with steep sides. Larger than a mesa.
- plateau
- A wide area of level or rolling, wet, tall grassland.
- prairie
- A dense tropical evergreen forest with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.
- rainforest
- A stream of water of considerable volume.
- river
- A ridge or hill of sand blown or drifted by the wind in deserts or on beaches.
- sand dune
- An open grassland with widely spaced trees in a hot, seasonally dry climate.
- savanna
- A body of saltwater surrounded almost entirely by land.
- sea
- The starting point at the sea used to measure the height of land.
- sea level
- A relatively narrow waterway joining two larger bodies of water.
- strait
- The place where a river begins.
- source of the river
- A long, relatively wide body of water larger than a channel or strait, that often connects larger bodies of water.
- sound
- A dry, often treeless area covered chiefly by short grasses.
- steppe
- A narrow strip of water extending into a body of land.
- inlet
- A mountain peak or the top of a hill.
- summit
- A lowland region saturated by water.
- swamp
- A boundary line on a mountain between where it is too cold for trees to grow, and where trees are plentiful.
- timberline
- A small river which runs into a larger river.
- tributary
- Vast treeless plains with permafrost and small, low plants.
- tundra
- An elongated lowland between mountain ranges or hills, often has a river or stream running along the bottom.
- valley
- An opening in the earthÂ’s surface through which lava, ash, hot gasses, and rock fragment erupts.
- volcano
- A natural stream of water descending from a steep height.
- waterfalls
- A narrow cleft with steep rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs; a small canyon.
- gorge