| A | B |
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| Bay | part of an ocean or lake partly enclosed by land |
| Butte | raised,flat area of land with steep sides |
| Mesa | wide,flat topped mountian larger than a butte |
| Cataract | large,powerful waterfall |
| cape | pointed landform extending into an ocean or lake |
| canyon | deep valley with steep sides |
| cliff | steep almost vertical edge of a hill, mountain or plain |
| desert | dry area where few plants grow |
| delta | triangular land formed from deposits at the mouth of a river |
| flood plain | flat land next to a river, formed by mud deposited by floods |
| glacier | large ice mass that moves slowly down a mountain or over land |
| harbor | sheltered area of water,deep enough for ships |
| island | a body of land surrounded by water |
| marsh | soft, wet low lying grassy area located between water and dry land |
| mountain | elevation of earth with steep sides, higher than a hill |
| plateau | broad, flat area of land higher than the surrounding land |
| prairie | large, level area of grassland with few trees |
| river mouth | place where a river flows into a lake or ocean |
| sea level | level of ocean's surface used to measure height and depths on earth's surface |
| steppe | wide, treeless plain |
| swamp | area that is wet or covered with water |
| valley | lowland between hills or mountains |
| volcano | opening in earth's surface where gases and lava escape |
| oasis | a spot of fertile land in a desert that has water |
| strait | a narrow strip of water connecting 2 large bodies of water |
| taiga | A subarctic, evergreen coniferous forest of northern Eurasia located just south of the tundra and dominated by firs and spruces. |
| tundra | one of the large flat areas of land in the north of Europe, Asia, and America. The ground below the top layer of soil is always frosen and no trees grow there. |
| climate | average weather conditions for a specific region or location over a long or extended period of time |
| 4 reasons for the different climate regions on the earth are the differences in: | latitude, amount of moisture, temperatures in land and water, and the earth's land surface |
| low latittudes | rainforests, savannah, desert climates |
| middle latittudes | Mediterrannean, humid-subtropical, humid-continental, marine, steppe, and desert |
| high latittudes | tundra and taiga |
