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Bodies of Water
River: A natural movement of water that flows across land and empties into an ocean.
Landforms
Plate Tectonic Activity – The theory that the earth’s crust is not an unbroken shell but consists of plates, or huge slabs of rock that move.
Where in the World?
Mississippi River, USA
(Mississippi, USA)
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Pacific Ocean "Ring of Fire", Hawaii - USA, Iceland
Volcano: A mountain with a hole where lava, ash, and gas come from underground.
Atoll: A coral island with a reef surrounding a lagoon.
Where in the World?
Oregon, USA
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Australia
Canyon: A valley with steep sides, made by a river over a long time.
Glacier: A slow moving river of ice.
Where in the World?
Arizona, USA
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Alaska, USA
Summit: The highest point of a mountain.
Bay: A small body of water set off from the main body. Smaller than a gulf.
Where in the World?
New Hampshire, USA
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San Francisco, California, USA
Desert: A dry area that gets very little rain per year.
Gulf - A gulf is a part of the ocean (or sea) that is partly surrounded by land, it is larger than a bay.
Where in the World?
New Mexico, USA
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Gulf of Mexico, USA and Mexico
Peninsula: A body of land with water touching 3 sides.
Strait - A narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water.
Where in the World?
Strait of Gibraltar, Europe and Africa
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Florida, USA
Channel – a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water.
Island: A body of land surrounded by water.
Where in the World?
English Channel, Europe (UK and France)
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Hawaii, USA
Archipelago – A group of islands.
Delta – Flat, low-lying, triangular-shaped land built up from soil carried downstream and deposited at the mouth of a river.
Where in the World?
Solomon Islands, Pacific Ocean
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Nile River Delta, Egypt
Cape – Point of land that extends into a river, lake or ocean.
Fjord - A fjord is a long, narrow sea inlet that is bordered by steep cliffs.
Where in the World?
Cape Cod, Mass., USA
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Norway, Europe
Continent – One of the seven large landmasses on earth.
Geyser – A hot spring that sends up fountain-like jets of water and steam into the air.
Where in the World?
Europe, N. America, S. America, Antarctica, Australia, Asia, Africa
Where in the World?
Wyoming, USA
Isthmus - An isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses. An isthmus has water on two sides.
Harbor – A naturally sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely.
Where in the World?
Panama, Central America
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Sydney Harbor, Australia
Mesa - A land formation that has a flat area on the top and steep walls - mesas usually occur in dry areas.
Ocean – An ocean is a large body of salt water that surrounds a continent. Oceans cover more the two-thirds of the Earth's surface.
Where in the World?
West and Southwestern USA
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Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Southern, and Indian Oceans
Mountain – A very tall high, natural place on Earth - higher than a hill.
Where in the World?
Nepal, Asia
Plain - Plains are flat lands that have only small changes in elevation.
Where in the World?
Great Plains, USA
Prairie - A wide, relatively flat area of land that has grasses and only a few trees.
Where in the World?
Prairie Provinces, Canada
Plateau - A plateau is a large, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land.
Where in the World?
Colorado, USA
Steppe – Partly dry, treeless grassland often found on the edges of a desert.
Where in the World?
Mongolia, Asia
Tundra - tundra is a cold, treeless area; it is the coldest biome.
Where in the World?
Alaska, USA
Valley – A valley is a low place between mountains.
Where in the World?
Vermont, USA
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