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Geography Definitions. By Sarah Cu. Mountain Range . A series of mountain ridges alike in form, direction, and origin. Lake. A large inland body of fresh water or salt water. Dune. A hill or ridge of wind-blown sand. Beach. The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Geography Definitions
By Sarah Cu
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Mountain Range
A series of mountain ridges alike in form, direction, and origin.
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Lake A large inland
body of fresh water or salt water.
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Dune
A hill or ridge of wind-blown sand.
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Beach
The shore of a body of water, especially when
sandy or pebbly.
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Desert
A dry, often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures,
and sparse vegetation.
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Tundra A treeless area between the icecap
and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation.
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Reef A strip or ridge of rocks, sand, or coral
that rises to or near the surface of a body of water.
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Atoll A ring like coral
island and reef that nearly or entirely encloses a lagoon.
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Ocean The entire body of salt water that
covers more than 70 percent of the earth's surface.
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Prairie An extensive area of flat or rolling,
predominantly treeless grassland, especially the large tract or plain of central North America.
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Hill A well-defined natural elevation smaller
than a mountain.
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Reservoir An artificial lake, used to store
water for various uses.
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Wetland A usually low-lying area of soft
waterlogged ground and standing water
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Rural Of, relating to, or characteristic of the
country
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Escarpment A steep slope or long cliff that results
from erosion or faulting and separates two relatively level areas of differing elevations.
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Bay
A bay is a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
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River A large natural stream of water
emptying into an ocean, lake, or other body of water and usually fed along its course by converging tributaries.
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Fault A fractured surface in the earth's crust
along which rocks have travelled relative to each other.
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Canal An artificial waterway or artificially
improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
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Cliff A steep rock face, usually facing the
sea.
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Mouth (of river) The end of a
river out of which water flows.