Vocab Quiz - Geographic Features Crossword
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1) Valuable sources of water and food, particularly in poor countries. However, they are easily damaged by overuse, pollution and climate change. 3) A thick mass of glacier and snow that permanently covers an area of land, such as either of the polar regions or the peak of a mountain.4) Underwater mountain range that crisscrosses the oceans and is formed by rising magma in a zone where two plates are moving apart.5) Have a high elevation, usually 6,600 ft. or more above sea level. The elevation from one point to another may rise or drop greatly 6) A land form along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, or river.10) A deep valley with steep sides, often with a stream flowing through it.11) Tablelands or flat-topped mountains that are of a relatively uniform height. Their size can be quite vast or very small and overall they stand much taller than the land that surrounds them.
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2) A remnant of mountains that have been diminished by erosion – the process by which water, wind, or ice slowly wears down land forms.4) Usually formed in mountain or highland regions by melting snow and ice, runoffs from rain, and water from the underground springs. 7) Land forms that are smaller than continents and are completely surrounded by water. 8) A vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths, or 70%, of the earth's surface.9) Gorces of nature that change the terrain of a land mass.11) Relatively flat or gently rolling lands with an elevation and relief that are usually less then 500 ft.
12) A tract of land that are nearly surrounded by water and are connected to a larger land form, usually a continent. 13) The accumulation of windblown sand. Occur throughout the world, from coastal and lake shore plains to arid desert regions. |
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