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Peninsula |
A peice of that projects into a body of water and is conected to the maneland. |
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Hills |
A well defined natural elevaition smaller than a mountian. |
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Mountain |
A natural elevation of the earth' surface having considerable mass; hight geater than a hill. |
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Island |
A land mass- smaller than a continent surounded by water. |
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Plain |
A large relitivily flat area of land |
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Peninsula |
A peice of land that projects into a body of water and is connected with the mainland |
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Plateau |
A large; relitivily flat; area of land |
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Lake |
A large inland body of water; EX Smith Mountain |
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Gulf |
A large area of sea or ocean partialy encosed by land |
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Bay |
A body of water partialy enclosed by land; typicly |
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River |
A large natural stream of water- empty into lake ocean/ etc |
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Tributary |
A smaller stream that flows into a river/ ocean/ lake etc |
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Coastal range |
rugged mountains along the pacific coast that stretch from california to canada fertile valleys |
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Basin and Range |
located west of the Rocky Mountains and east of Seirra Nevada and Cascades varying elevation and isolated mountains ranges - Death Valley |
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Rocky Mountains |
Located west of the Great Plains and east of the Basin and Range rugged mountains that stretch from Mexico to Alaska - Continental divide determines the direction of ware rivers flow |
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Great Plains |
Located west of the Interior Lowlands and east of the Rocky Mts fla land that gradualy increases in grass land |
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Interior Lowlands |
Located west of the Appalachian Mts and east of the Great Plains rowling flatland with many rivers broad river vallys and grassy hills |
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Appalachian Mts |
Located west of Coastal Plain extending from eastern Canada to western Alabama; includes the Piedmont old eroded mountains oldest mts in North America |
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Coastal Plain |
Located along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico broad low lads that provide many excellent harbors |
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Canadian Shield |
Wrapped around Hudson Bay in horshoe shape hills worn by erosion lots of lakes carved by a glaciers |
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Atlantic Ocean |
Highway for explorers and setllers |
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Pacific Ocean |
Early exploraition destaniaon |
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Mississippi River |
Used to transport farm and industrial goods - most famus river |
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Missouri River |
Used to transport farm and industrial goods - logest river |
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Ohio River |
Gate way to the west |
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Columbia River |
Explored by lewis and clark |
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Colorado River |
Explored by spanish |
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Rio Grande |
Forms a border between america to mexico |