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Social Studies
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Broad, flat-topped landform with steep sides; smaller than a plateau. | Mesa |
Pointed top of a mountian | Mountain peak |
One of many lines on the global grid running from the north pole to the south pole; used to measure degrees of longitude | Meridian |
Drawing of the earth, shown on a flat surface | Map |
A series of connected mountains, often in a line. | Mountain Range |
Body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surronded on three sides by water. | Peninsula |
Place where a stream or river flows into a larger body of water. | Mouth(of a river) |
One of the five major bodies of salt water that surronded the continents. | Ocean |
One of many lines on the global grid that circle the earth north or south of the equator; used to measure degrees of latitude. | Parallel |
Area of level land, usally at a low elevation and often covered with grasses | Plain |
Stream of either cold or warm water that moves in definate direction through an ocean | Ocean Current |
Characteristic of a lace occuring naturally, such as a landform, body of water, climate pattern, or resource | Phisical Feature |
land with steep sides that rise sharply ( 1,000 feet 305 meters or more) from surronding land; generally larger and more rugged than a hill | Mountian |
Line of the global grid running from the north pole to the south pole through greenwich, england; starting point for measuring degrees of east and west longitude | Prime Meridian |