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Geography vocabulary: Difference between revisions

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=== peninsula ===
=== peninsula ===
=== plateau ===
=== plateau ===
=== prairie ===
* large flat ecological area dominated by grasses
* and with a temperate (moderate) climate and mild rainfall
* may have trees but does not have forests


=== range ===
=== range ===
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* a series of connected or inter-connected mountains
* a series of connected or inter-connected mountains
* that are geologically similar  
* that are geologically similar  
=== steppe ===
* large flat grasslands
* generally dry and at higher elevations than prairies


=== tectonic plates===
=== tectonic plates===
* large geological "plates" of rock that underly the surface of the earth
* plates move over time (long periods)
* non-volcanic mountain ranges are the result of crashing plates
** as one plate will force itself under or over the other, thus causing the earth to rise into mountains
*** such as the Himalaya Mountains
=== trench ===
=== trench ===
* '''trench'''
* '''trench'''