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Map Vocabulary
land forms
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History
8th Grade
08/15/2010

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Strait
Definition
a narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water
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bay
Definition
part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline generally smaller than a gulf
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delta
Definition
flat low lying land build up of soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth
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elevation
Definition
height of land above sea level
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equater
Definition
imaginary line that run around the earth halfway between the north and south poles used as the starting point to measure degrees of north and south latitude
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glacier
Definition
large thick body of water of slowly moving of ice
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gulf
Definition
part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline generally larger and deeply intended than a bay
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island
Definition
land area smaller than a continent completely surrounded by water
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isthmus
Definition
narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas
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lake
Definition
a sizeable inland body of water
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latitude
Definition
distance north or south of the equater measured in degrees
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longitude
Definition
distance east or west of the prime meridian measured in degrees
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meridian
Definition
one of the many lines on the global grid running from the north pole to the south pole used to measure degrees of longitude
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mountain
Definition
land with steep sides thhat rises sharply from surrounding land fenerally larger and more rugged than a hill
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oceans
Definition
one of the 4 major bodies of salt water that surround the continents
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peninsula
Definition
body of land jutting into a lake or  ocean surronded on three sidesz by water
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plain
Definition
area of level land usually at a low elevation and often covered with grasses
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prime meridian
Definition
line of the global grid running the north pole to the south pole through greenwhich england starting point for measuring the degrees of east and west longitude
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sea
Definition
large body of water completely or partially surrounded by water
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source
Definition
place where a river or stream begins often in the high lands
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