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    Challenge A Geography Set #1 (Fall Wks 1-7/altitude-Downstream)

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    This document provides definitions for 52 geography terms in 3 sentences or less each, including: altitude, archipelago, arm, atoll, beach, bluff, bog, branch, canyon, cape, cave, cavern, channel, cliff, coast, continent, continental shelf, country, cove, crag, crater, dam, dell, delta, desert, dale, dike, divide, downstream, cultivated land, current, and more. The terms relate to physical features found on Earth such as landforms, bodies of water, and man-made structures.

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    Challenge A Geography Set #1 (Fall Wks 1-7/altitude-Downstream)

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    This document provides definitions for 52 geography terms in 3 sentences or less each, including: altitude, archipelago, arm, atoll, beach, bluff, bog, branch, canyon, cape, cave, cavern, channel, cliff, coast, continent, continental shelf, country, cove, crag, crater, dam, dell, delta, desert, dale, dike, divide, downstream, cultivated land, current, and more. The terms relate to physical features found on Earth such as landforms, bodies of water, and man-made structures.

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    This document provides definitions for 52 geography terms in 3 sentences or less each, including: altitude, archipelago, arm, atoll, beach, bluff, bog, branch, canyon, cape, cave, cavern, channel, cliff, coast, continent, continental shelf, country, cove, crag, crater, dam, dell, delta, desert, dale, dike, divide, downstream, cultivated land, current, and more. The terms relate to physical features found on Earth such as landforms, bodies of water, and man-made structures.

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    Challenge A Geography Set #1 (Fall Wks 1-7/altitude-Downstream)

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    Musab Usman
    This document provides definitions for 52 geography terms in 3 sentences or less each, including: altitude, archipelago, arm, atoll, beach, bluff, bog, branch, canyon, cape, cave, cavern, channel, cliff, coast, continent, continental shelf, country, cove, crag, crater, dam, dell, delta, desert, dale, dike, divide, downstream, cultivated land, current, and more. The terms relate to physical features found on Earth such as landforms, bodies of water, and man-made structures.

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    Challenge A Geography Set #1 (Fall wks 1-7/altitude-

    downstream)
    Study online at quizlet.com/_xjf04

    1. altitude 5. bank

    the steep or sloping border of any stream


    6. basin

    elevation or height above sea level [note:


    measure altitude from sea level to top of
    mountain or cliff]
    2. archipelago

    a low place in the surface of the land, usually with a


    body of water occupying the lowest part
    7. bay

    a group or chain of many islands in a sea


    (usually shaped like an arch)
    3. arm

    any inlet of the ocean or part of the ocean bordering on


    land and partly surrounded by land
    8. bayou

    an inlet from the sea or other body of water


    4. atoll

    a slow, sluggish stream; usually used to describe inlets


    from the Gulf of Mexico or from the Mississippi river

    a small island the shape of a ring or horseshoe


    formed by deposits of coral sea animals
    9. beach 13. breakers

    the pebbly or sandy shore of the sea or of a lake that waves breaking into foam as they approach or dash
    is washed by the waves against the shore
    10. bluff 14. brink

    a high, steep bank beside a body of water the very edge at the top of a bluff, cliff, or precipice
    11. bog 15. brook

    very wet, spongy ground not able to support much a natural stream of running water smaller than a
    weight, usually made up of decayed plants river or a creek
    12. branch 16. canal

    a small stream or creek emptying into a larger stream

    a constructed channel filled with water used for


    navigation, irrigation or drainage
    17. canyon 22. chasm

    a deep, narrow valley having high, steep slopes


    18. cape

    an empty, deep gap in the surface of the earth


    23. cinder
    cone

    a narrow piece of land projecting into the sea


    19. cave a cone-shaped mass of material made by volcanic
    eruption
    24. cliff

    a deep, hollowed-out area under the earth's surface


    the steep, rocky face of a bluff
    20. cavern
    25. coast

    a large cave of room size or larger


    21. channel
    land along the sea
    26. continent

    any one of the seven largest areas of land on the


    a narrow strip of water earth's surface
    27. continental 32. creek
    shelf

    the shallow sea area bordering the continents


    28. country

    a natural stream of running water larger than a


    brook but smaller than a river
    33. cultivated
    land
    a nation or area of land that is politically
    controlled by one government
    29. cove

    land that is plowed or spaded and used for


    growing crops
    34. current
    a small, sheltered inlet from any body of water
    30. crag

    the swiftly moving part of a stream or ocean


    a projecting point of rock, usually perpendicular 35. dale
    or nearly so
    31. crater

    a small valley

    the bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano


    36. dam 40. dike

    earth or other material built up along a river or


    a bank or wall built across a stream to hold back or ocean to keep the water from overflowing onto
    redirect water land
    37. dell 41. divide

    a small sheltered valley or ravine


    38. delta

    a water parting or watershed that separates


    two drainage area
    42. downstream

    a deposit, usually triangular in shape, of sand and soil


    that forms at the mouth of a river
    39. desert

    the direction in which a stream is flowing

    a large area of land with little or no moisture or


    vegetation

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