GEOGRAPHY OF NEW YORK
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- geography
- the study of the Earth and the way people, plants, and animals live on and use it
- precipitation
- the moisture that falls to the ground as snow, rain, sleet, or hail
- plain
- a large area of flat or nearly flat land
- elevation
- the height of land above sea level
- till
- soil and rock dropped by a glacier
- temperature
- a measurement of how hot or cold something is, often the air
- drumlin
- a smoothly rounded hill formed by a melting glacier
- mouth
- the place where the river ends
- blizzard
- a snowstorm with very strong winds
- border
- a line that people decide on that divides one place from another
- Ice Age
- a period of time when the Earth was much colder than it is today
- transportation
- the moving of goods or people from one place to another
- glacier
- a huge sheet of ice that moves slowly across the land
- harbor
- a sheltered place along a coast where boats can dock
- landform
- any of the shapes that make up the Earth's surface
- source
- the place where the river begins
- weather
- the condition of the air at a certain time in a certain place, including temperature, precipitation, and wind
- tributary
- any river that flows into another, large river
- coast
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the land next to the ocean
- moraine
- a line of low hills formed by the rocks pushed at the front of the glacier
- bay
- a part of an ocean or lake that cuts deeply into the land
- valley
- the low land between hills or mountains, often with a river at the bottom
- plateau
- a large area that rises steeply above the surrounding land
- climate
- the pattern of weather of a certain place over many years