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z 6th grade geography terms-set one

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archipelagoa large group or chain of islands
baya part of an ocean, sea, or gulf that extends into land
buttea small, flat-toped hill, that is smaller than a platue or a mesa
canala waterway built to carry water for navigatin or irrigation
canyona deep, narrow valley with steep sides
capea projecting part of a coatline that extends into a gulf, ocean, sea, bay, or lake
coastland along an ocean or sea
dama wall built across a river to hold back the flowing water
deltaland formed at the mouth of a river by deposit of silt, sand, and pebbles
fjorda deep, narrow inlet of the sea between high steep cliffs
glaciera large sheet of ice that moves slowley over some land surface or down a valley
gulfpart of an ocean that extends into the land, it is usually larger than a bay
harbora protected place along a shore where ships can safely anchor
hilla rounded, raised landform, not as high as a mountain
islanda body of land completly surrounded by water
isthmusa narrow strip of land bordered by water, that connects two larger bodies of land
lakea body of water completly surrounded by land
mesaa high, flat landform rising steepley above the surrounding land
mountiana high, rounded or pointed landform with steep sides, higher than a hill
mountian passan opening or gap through a mountain range
mouththe place where a river empties into another body of water
oasisa place in the desert made fertile by a steady supply of water
oceanone of earth's four largest bodies of water
peakthe pointed top of a mountian or hill
peninsulaa body of land nearly surrounded by water
plaina large body of flat or rolling land
plateaua high flat landform that raises above the surrounding land
porta place where ships load and unlaod goods
reefa ridge or sand, rock or coral that lies at the surface of the sea
reservoira national or artificua lake used to store water
rivera large stream that flows acorss land and usually emties into a lake ocean or other river
river basinall the land drained by a river and its tributaries
seaa large body of water partly or entirely surrounded by land
sourcethe place where a river or stream begins
straita narrow waterway or channel connecting two larger bodies of water
timberlinean imaginary line on mountains, above which trees don't grow
tributarya river or stream that flows into a larger river or stream
valleyan area of low land between hills or mountains
volcanoan opening in the earth through which lava rock, gasses, and ashes are forced out
waterfalla flow of water falling from a high place to a lower place


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