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aug 2 vocab
basic geo. vocab
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Geography
9th Grade
08/31/2009

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part of a large body og water that extends intoa shoreline. genrally larger than a bay.
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gulf
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a shelterd place along a shore line where ships can anchor safely
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harbor
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elevated land - hills, mt. - and other plateaus
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hyarospere (cant read hand writeing)
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a natural elevated of the earth's sureface; smaller than a mt.
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hill
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island
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land area, smaller than continent that is surounded by water on all sides
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narrow streach of land connecting 2 larger land areas
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isthmus
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a size able inland body of watersurounded by land on all sides
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lake
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the side of a mt that faces away from the ocean wint almost dry (rain shadow)
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lee ward
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surface area on earths crustincludeing contanits and ocean basins
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lithosphere
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land useally leval at low elavation (plain)
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low land
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broud flat top land form with steap side smaller than a plateau
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mesa
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forest w/ both conifeous and deciduous trees
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mixed forest
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pointed top of a single mt.
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mt peak
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