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By Mrs. Passe’s 4th Grade ClassSeptember, 2011
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Isthmus By: Anna Kate
The isthmus of Panama.
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A savannah is a flat grassland with a few small trees. The Serengeti Savannah is the most well known savannah in Africa. That is because it is the largest and has the most wildlife.
Maria-Nefeli Stefanidou
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Sea LevelSea LevelSea level is a Sea level is a
measure of the measure of the average height of average height of
the ocean's the ocean's surface (such as surface (such as the halfway point the halfway point between the mean between the mean high tide and the high tide and the mean low tide); mean low tide);
used as a used as a standard in standard in
reckoning land reckoning land elevationelevation .
By: Devanshu
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Source of River By Source of River By Michael UttMichael Utt
A river source is where a river starts. The Tar, Lumber, A river source is where a river starts. The Tar, Lumber, South, and Black Rivers all have sources in North South, and Black Rivers all have sources in North Carolina. The picture below is of the River Wey in Carolina. The picture below is of the River Wey in
England near it’s source. England near it’s source.
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A bay is an inlet of sea, or some other body of water that usually smaller than a gulf
Elliot bay By Astrid Bridgwood
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Canyons are deep, narrow valleys with steep sides.
By: Anna Demelo
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The Denver Mountain PassA Mountain pass is the
gap in-between a pair of mountains
By Daequan Peele
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Uinta Mountain Range The definition of mountain range is an line of mountains connected by high ground. An example of a mountain range is the Uinta mountain range. The Uinta mountain range is in Utah.
Other examples of mountain ranges are the Canadian Rockies and the Appalachian mountain ranges.
By: Elaine Perkins
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ChannelByJack Grace
A channel is A larger version of a strait
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• A mouth of river is a place were a
River meets another body of water
facts about mouth of river
The Mississippi rises 1,475 feet above sea level.
The Mississippi supplies more than 4 million gallons of water for people.
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Basins
The Great Basin
A basin is low bowl-shaped land with higher land all around it. Any water that flows into a basin cannot escape it. Basins are formed by the movement of the earths crust which is called plate tectonics
Carmen Allison
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A part of a sea or ocean extending into land
By Ishaan MaitraBy Ishaan Maitra
P.S the gulf of Mexico is the biggest gulf in the world by area at 615000 square miles
The big oil spill started in the gulf of Mexico.
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By Jake Manges
Any area of water extending into the land from a larger body of water.
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A strait is a body of water that connects two larger bodies of water
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Florida is a peninsula. A peninsula is a piece land that is ALMOST completely surrounded by water.
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A mesa is a flat top mountain with steep sides . There are a lot of mesas on Mars.
By: Trey Patton
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Glacier: a large ice mass that moves slowly
down a mountain or across land.
Stephens Glacier
by: Sophia Lin
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A point of land jutting into a body of water such as a lake, sea, or
ocean.
By Devin Gee
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BY SUSHRUT
The Nile River Delta
DefinitionA River Delta is an mouth of a river in the shape of a triangle.
Facts:-The Nile River Delta makes the opening of the longest river in the world.-River Deltas are sometimes in a weird shape, similar to, but not exactly a triangle.
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Marsh By: Max Nenichka
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Land Forms - James River Fall Line
What is a Fall Line?A Fall Line is a natural junction , that runs parallel to the East Coast of the United States , between the hard rocks of the Appalachians and the softer coastal plain along which rivers form falls and rapids.
By Ashray Kallikadavil
Facts About The James River Fall Line
Is in the state of Virginia It is is 348 Miles Long It is the 12th longest river in the United States. The James River forms in the Appalachian Mountains. It’s basin is 10,432 sq. miles It was named after King James I It flows into the Cheesecake Bay
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