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- sediment
- mineral or organic matter deposited by water, air, or ice
- biosphere
- the part of the earth's crust, waters, and atmosphere that supports life
- delta
- triangular piece of land formed by deposits
- cataract
- step like series of water falls
- place
- physical features and cultural characteristics
- bay
- part of an ocean or lake parcially enclosed by land
- strait
- a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water
- prime meridian
- the invisible line that seperates the east and west hemispheres
- ring of fire
- the linear zone of seismic and volcanic activity that coincides in general with the margins of the Pacific Plate.
- movment
- Linear distance time distance and phsychological distance
- hydrosphere
- the water on or surrounding the surface of the globe
- human environmental interaction
- humans effect on the environment by there actions
- weathering
- the various mechanical and chemical processes that cause exposed rock to decompose
- atmosphere
- the mixture of gases surrounding a celestial body with sufficient gravity to maintain it
- moraine
- a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift
- lithosphere
- the crust and upper mantle of the earth
- plateau
- a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side
- loess
- a calcareous deposit formed by wind
- seismograph
- any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes
- steppe
- vast treeless plain of southeastern Europe and of Asia
- region
- formal regions functional regions and perpetual regions
- absolute location
- the exact spot on the planet where something resides
- map projection
- a projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude
- relative location
- a point or place in relation to another point or place
- tsunami
- an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption
- equator
- an imaginary line that divides the north and the south hemispheres