Texas Geography Terms
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- where a river separates into many smaller, slower-moving streams before flowing into a bay
- bayou
- an area of water partly surrounded by land; in Texas, it is smaller than a gulf
- bay
- an area of land surrounded by water that protects a bay from the tidal action of the gulf
- barrier island
- an area of water partly surrounded by water; in Texas it is larger than a bay
- gulf
- streams of flowing water that are connected to each other
- river system
- where a river begins
- source
- a smaller river, creek or stream that flows into a larger river
- tributary
- high, flat land
- plateau
- area of broken hills and cliffs that separates lower plains from a plateau
- escarpment
- bowl-shaped area between mountains or hills
- basin
- area of mountains that seems to be connected
- mountain range
- an area with very little rainfall
- desert
- where a river ends
- mouth
- water that is mostly surrounded by land, in Texas that is only one natural one of these
- lake
- a man-made lake created by damming
- reservoir
- a natural, underground reservoir of water
- aquifer
- small flat topped hills; sometimes called mesas
- buttes
- an area of eroded land near escarpments
- break