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ss vocab 29-42
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| define map | Drawing of the Earth, shown on a flat surface. |
| define medridian | One of many lines on the global grid running from the North Pole to the South Pole; used to measure degrees of longitude. |
| define mesa | Broad, flat-topped landform with steep sides; smaller than a plateau. |
| define mountain | Land with steep sides that rise sharply from surrounding, generally larger and more rugged than a hill |
| define mountain peak | pointed top of a mountian |
| define longitude | distance east or west of the prime meridian measured in degrees |
| define latitude | distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees |
| define mountain range | a series of connected mountains |
| define mouth | place where a stream or rivers flows into a larger body of water |
| define ocean | one of the five major bodies of salt waterthat surrond the contienents |
| define ocean current | stream of either cold or warm water that moves in a definite direction through an ocean |
| define parallel | one of many lines on the global grid that circle the earth south or north of the equator, used to measure degrees of latitude |
| define peninsula | body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on the three side by water |
| define physical features | characteristic of a place occuring naturally such as a landform body of water climate pattern or resource |
| define plain | area of level land usually at a low elavation and often covered with grasses |
| define plateau | Area of flat or rolling land at high elavations |
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