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Landform Vocabulary #2
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Social Studies
6th Grade
08/28/2014

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Glacier
Definition
a large thick body of moving ice
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Harbor
Definition
a sheltered place along the shoreline where ships and boats can anchor safely
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Delta
Definition
a flat low lying land built up from soil varies downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth.
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Mouth of river
Definition
where a stream or river flows into a larger body of water.
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Source of river
Definition
a place where a stream or river begins.
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River
Definition
a large natural stream of water that runs through land.
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Canyon
Definition
a deep and narrow valley with steep walls.
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Lowland
Definition
land usually level, at a low elevation
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Mountain range
Definition
a series of mountains
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Channel
Definition
a wide strait or waterway between two land masses that lie close to each other; a deep part of river or other waterway.
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Highland
Definition
elevated land area such as a hill, mountain or plateau.
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Plateau
Definition
an area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation
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Basin
Definition
an area of land drained by a river and it's branches
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Desert
Definition
a dry, barren region that is usually sandy and without trees.
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