| A | B |
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| geography | study of where things are and why they are there |
| border | make-believe line map makers use to separate one place from another |
| continent | very large land mass |
| panhandle | area of land shaped like the handle of a pan |
| suburbs | smaller towns bordering cities |
| population density | number of people who live in a certain area |
| weather | something you can see and feel in the outdoor environment every day |
| climate | averge weather a place receives over time |
| precipitation | amount of water that falls to earth |
| elevation | the height of any landform |
| sea level | how high land is from the sea or ocean |
| plateau | land that is higher than the surrounding area |
| folding | process in which mountains are formed by a force under the earth's surface pushing upward |
| faulting | process in which a break in the earth's crust can cause landforms to form |
| glacier | large mass of moving ice |
| moraine | narrow ridge of soil, rocks, and boulders left by glaciers |
| region | area of land with at least one common feature that makes it different from another area |
| erosion | process by which soil and small rocks are worn away from the land |
| weathering | process by which frozen water in the cracks of a rock breaks the rock into smaller pieces |
| river system | group of smaller rivers and tributaries that empty into a large river |
| valley | long, somewhat flat land between two mountains |
| plain | low-lying, flat, level land |
| coast | land that is near the sea or ocean |
| glen | narrow valley with water running through it |
