| A | B |
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| geography | study fo Earth's features |
| physical feature | something found in nature |
| landforms | a natural feature or shape of the land |
| mountain ranges | a group of mountains |
| valleys | lowlands between hills and mountain ranges |
| plateaus | a landform that has steep sides and a flat top |
| plain | a landform that is flat or nearly flat |
| peninsula | land that has water almost all the way around it |
| coasts | land next to oceans |
| climate | the kind of weather a place ususaly has year after year |
| desert | dry climat with little rainfall |
| human-made features | features people have added |
| intermediate directions | northeast, southeast, southwest, northwest |
| port | a place where ships can dock |
| harbor | a place where ships can stay safe from high waves and strong winds |
| trade centers | communities where buying and selling goods is the main work |
| rapids | parts of rivers where the water runs fast |
| population | number of people who live in a place |
| route | path from one place to another |
| crossroads | a place where two routes cross |
| ferry | boat that carries people and goods across a waterway |
| ford | shallow place in waterway |
| riverbank | land next to a river |
| branch | smaller river that flows into a larger river |
| gateway | entrance |
| manufacture | to make a product |
| crops | plants used by people for food |
| growing season | months in which crops can grow |
| natural resource | something found in nature that people can use |
| mineral | a resource found inside the Earth |
| fuel | a resource that can be burned for heat |
| ghost town | town with buildings and no people |
| agriculture | the raising of crops and farm animals |
| capital city | where leaders of a country or state meet and work |
| capitol | building where lawmakers meet |
| state capital | a place where state lawmakers meet and work |
| county | a part of a state |
| county seat | city or town where leaders of a county meet |
| rain forest | a thich forest with a wet climate |
