Terms
the usual weather a region experiences over many years
Climate
A place in the desert where water is found near ground level
Oasis
A very large mountain
Massif
An area of flat, treeless grassland in tropical or subtropical Africa
Savanna
A fan-shaped deposit of land that collects at the mouth of some rivers
Delta
Areas south of the North Pole where the soil is permanently frozen
Tundra
A small island in the Pacific Ocean formed by the skeletons of marine animals
Atoll/Coral Reef
Vegetation regions are known as
biomes
Very COLD, permanently frozen ground
Polar
A dry creek bed in arid regions of Asia and Africa through which water flows during heavy rain
Wadi
A long, narrow deep body of water with steep sides cutting inland from the sea
Fiord
There are ________major climate types
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The regions of Asia and Europe that are cold, coniferous forests
Taiga
protected part of a body of water deep enough for ships
Harbor
Steppes and savannas describe this type of environment
Grasslands
mild rainy winter
Moderate/Temperate
narrow landform that connects two larger bodies of land
Isthmus
A shallow body of water separating land from the sea in the Pacific region
Lagoon
Semi Arid, that means really dry with little or no rain
Dry
A group of 4 or more islands
Archipelago
A well that is drilled through impervious rock layers to allow water to flow to the surface
Artesian
Warm long humid summer, snowy winter
Continental
hot and rainy all year long
Tropical
A narrow waterform that connects two larger bodies of water
Strait
A lowland area that holds fresh or salt water
Wetland