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| geography | the study of the earth and how people live on earth and use its resources |
| region | an area that has one or more geographic characteristics in common |
| physical map | map that show landforms and bodies of water |
| political map | map that shows boundaries |
| climate | weather |
| landforms | different shapes and surfaces of earth |
| vegetation | plant life |
| tropics | where the climate is usually hot |
| coast | the land next to the ocean |
| plains | large area of flat land |
| plateau | high flat land |
| tundra | cold, dry region covered with snow for at least half the year |
| grasslands | flat or rolling hills covered with grasses |
| gulf | a body of water that cuts deep into the land |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land surrounded by water on 2 sides, which connects 2 large bodies of land |
| peninsula | a body of land surrounded by water on 3 sides |
| canyon | a deep valley with steep sides |
| strait | a narrow strip of water that connects 2 larger bodies of water |
| tributary | a river of stream that flows into a larger river |
