forms of land and water

    Cards (18)

    • Highest regions of deformed and disturbed rocks
      Mountains
    • a low lying area between 2 mountains or hills
      Valleys
    • They are usually grassy areas with a few trees

      Plains
    • Vast flat lands that roll slightly
      Plains
    • is a body of land surrounded by water
      island
    • sometimes called Aits or Eyots
      Island
    • tiny island are often called __
      islets
    • Elevated landform lower and less than a mountain
      hills
    • they may form through ice glaciers, water currents, and deposition
      hills
    • usually low in oxygen
      wetlands
    • is the part of the earth where water is found Hydrosphere
    • is the part of the earth where water is found

      Hydrosphere
    • Largest body of water
      Ocean
    • average salinity of 35 grams of salt
      Ocean
    • large body of salt connected to the ocean

      Sea
    • larger streams are called

      tributaries
    • tiny stream that drains surface water.
      river
    • completely surrounded by land
      lake
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