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The pattern of weather of a certain place.
What is climate?
A large flat area that rises steeply above the land.
What is plateau?
Flowing water that empties into a larger body of water.
What is river?
Land completely surrounded by water.
What is island?
The low land between hills or mountains, often with a river at the bottom.
What is valley
A line that people agree on that divides one place from another.
What is border?
A large body of salt water.
What is ocean?
A landmass that rises well above it's surrounding area, generally with steep and rocky sides toward the top.
What is mountain?
Part of an ocean or lake that cuts deeply into the coast or shore.
What is bay?
The land next to an ocean or a large lake.
What is coast?
Moving goods or people from one place to the other.
What is transportation?
The place where a river empties into a larger body of water.
What is mouth?
Any river that flows into a larger river. The largest _________ of the Hudson River is the Mohawk River.
What is tributary?
Water surrounded by land.
What is lake?
A huge sheet of ice that moves slowly across the land.
What is glacier?
A large area of nearly flat land.
What is plain?
The way people, animals, and humans live on and use the land. The study of earth.
What is geography?
Shapes that make up the surface of the earth.
What are landforms?
A sheltered place where ships can dock.
What is harbor?
The beginning of a river. The Hudson River begins in the Adirondack Mountains.
What is source?
The capital city of New York.
What is Albany?
Five states that border New York (name at least three).
What are Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Vermont?
The country the borders New York.
What is Canada?
I am a river to the north that is part of the border between New York and Canada.
What is the St. Lawrence River?
We are a group of lakes in Central New York that got our name because of how we look altogether.
What are the Finger Lakes?