Aug 29-30: Geography Introduction (notes review)

steep, high wall of rock, earth, or ice

a deep, narrow valley with steep sides

a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill.

Any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land

an area of high, flat land

An extremely dry area with little water and few plants

A fertile place in a desert where there is water and vegetation

a large, level area of grassland with few or no trees

one of the four major bodies of salt water that surround the continents

part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally smaller than a gulf

A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas

A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.

A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake

A tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.