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height of land above sea level
What is elevation?
100
an underground water reservoir where water is trapped naturally by a porous layer of crust
What is an aquifer?
100
part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline generally larger and more deeply indented than a bay.
What is a gulf?
100
a group of locations united by one or more common characteristics, whether physical or cultural
What is region?
200
a large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land
What is a sea?
200
a steep drop or clip many miles long, often caused by a fault
What is escarpment?
200
a large, thick body of slowly moving ice
What is a glacier?
200
the opposite direction of a river's flow; toward the source of a river or stream
What is upstream?
300

an area of low land between hills or mountains

What is a valley?

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one of many imaginary lines on the global grid that circle the Earth north or south of the Equator used to measure degrees of longitude
What is parallel?
300
an area of flat or rolling land at high elevation; about 300 to 3,000 feet high
What is a plateau?
300
a broad, flat-topped landform with steep sides; smaller than a plateau
What is a mesa?
400
the science of map-making
What is cartography?
400
one of many imaginary lines on the global grid running from the North Pole to the South Pole; used to measure degrees of longitude
What is meridian?
400
an elevated land area such as a hill, mountain, or a plateau
What is a highland?
400
the icon used in map-making that shows the directions north south, east, and west of the mapped location
What is compass rose?
500
a small river or stream that flows into a larger river or stream; a branch of a river
What is a tributary?
500
a sheltered place along a shoreline, either natural or man-made, where ships can anchor
What is a harbor?
500
distance north and south of the equator, measured in degrees
What is latitude?
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an imaginary line that runs around the Earth halfway between the North Pole to the South Pole used to measure degrees of longitude
What is equator?
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