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Part of a large body of water that extends into a shoerline generally smaller than a gulf | Bay |
Wide strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other; deep part of a river or other waterway | Channel |
usual, predictable patter of weather in an area over a long period of time | Climate |
Moving stream of water in the world's ocean which affect the climate of land areas | Current |
Way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs | Culture |
long period of extreme dryness and water shortages | drought |
height above sea level | Elevation |
combination of temperatures, wind, and water effects in the pacificocean that causes heavy rains in some areas and drought in others | El Nino |
people who share a common culture, language, or history | Ethnic group |
part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline generally larger and more deeply indented than a bay | Gulf |
cold climate lies from 60 degrees north to the north pole anf from 60degrees south to the southpole | High-latitude climate |
cool or cold climate that varies with elevation (like high up a mountain) | highiland climate |
Violent tropical storms with high winds and heavy rain | hurricane |
land area smaller than a continent completely surrounded by water | island |
a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely | Harbor |
individual features of the land | landforms |
a sizeable inland of body of water | Lake |
land with steep sides tat sides that sides sharply (1,000 feet or more) from surrounding land; generally larger and more rugged than a hill | Mountain |
a series of connected mountains | Mountain range |
seasonal wind that blows over a continent for month at a time | Monsoon |
temperatures climate (think seasons) extend from 321/2degrees north and from 23 1/2 degrees south | Mid-latitude climate |
one of the four maj bodies of salt watere that surrounds continents | ocean |
area or flat or rolling land at a high elevation, about 300-3,000 feet high | plateau |
body of land jutting into a lake or ocean surrounded on three sides by water | Peninsula |
area of level usually at low elevation and often covered with glasses | Plains |
characteristic of a place occurring naturally, such as a landform, body of water, climate pattern, or resource | Physical feature |
movements of air that travel around the earth in a typical pattern | Prevailing wind |
large natural stream of water that runs through the land | river |
large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land | sea |
narrow stretch of water joinning two larger bodies of water | strait |
low latitude region between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn | Tropics |
warm year round extends from the equador to the tropic of caner 23 1/2 degrees south) | Tropical Climate |
name for hurricane in asia | Typhoon |
funnel-shaped windstorm that sometimes form during a severe thunderstorm | tornado |
area of low land between hills or mountains | Valley |
mountain created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the earth | volcano |
unpredictable changes in the air that take place over a short period of time | weather |