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Geography Terms. By: Casey. Valley. A valley a stretch of low land lying between hills or mountains and usually having a river or stream flowing through it. Glacier. A glacier is a slowly-moving river of snow and ice. Waterfall. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Geography Terms
By:Casey
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ValleyA valley a stretch of low land lying between hills or mountains and usually having a river or stream flowing through it.
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Glacier
A glacier is a slowly-moving river of snow and ice.
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Waterfall
A waterfall is water thundering over high cliff faces with enough force to pound the local geography into new shapes and forms.
It’s the steep descent of the water of a river.
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Tributary
A stream that flows into a larger stream or other body of water.
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Gulf
A portion of an ocean or sea
partly enclosed by land.
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• An isolated area of vegetation in a desert,
typically surrounding a spring or similar water source. Oases also provide habitat for animals and even humans if the area is big enough.
Oasis
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Canyon• A canyon is a deep valley with very steep sides -
often carved from the Earth by a river.
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Fjord• A coastal valley which was sculpted by glacial
action.
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Lagoon
A lagoon is a small, shallow
body of water between a
barrier island or a coral reef
and the mainland, also a
small body of water
surrounded by an island.
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• A sea is a division of an ocean or a large body of
salt water partially enclosed by land.
SEA
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• A sound is a wide inlet of the sea or ocean that is
parallel to the coastline; it often separates a coastline from a nearby island.
Sound
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Geyser
A geyser is an eruptive
spring from which hot water
and (or) steam and in some
cases mud are periodically
thrown.
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Aquifer• In hydrologic terms, permeable layers of
underground rock, or sand that hold or broadcast groundwater below the water table that will yield water to a well in sufficient quantities to produce water for beneficial use.
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Channel• A channel is a passage for water (or other fluids)
to flow through.
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Suburban• Something that is suburban is located or residing
in a suburb.• (A suburb is a residential district on the outskirts
of a city or town.)
Suburban
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•An archipelago is a group of many islands in a large body of water.
Archipelago
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• A taiga is he open northern part of the boreal
forest. It consists of open woodland of coniferous trees growing in a rich floor of lichen, and is generally cold and swampy.
Taiga
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• The pointed summit of a mountain is called the
peak.
Peak
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Plateau
• A plateau, also called a high plateau or tableland, is an area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain.
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Strait
• A strait a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
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Marsh
• A marsh is a low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation.
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Chaparral
• A dense, impenetrable thicket of shrubs or dwarf trees.
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