Geography vocabulary: Difference between revisions

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=== basin ===
=== basin ===
* a land depression in an area or region which has no outflow of water
** i.e., all the rivers and other water sources are contained within it
** and none of those waters flow into an ocean


=== butte ===
=== butte ===
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=== peninsula ===
=== peninsula ===
=== plateau ===
=== plateau ===
=== range ===
* as in "mountain range"
* a series of connected or inter-connected mountains
* that are geologically similar
=== tectonic plates===
=== tectonic plates===
=== trench ===
=== trench ===