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Definitions of the Physical Features in the Ontario grade 7/8 curriculum.
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A very narrow stream of water bordered by two steep cliffs.
Delta
Island
Fjord
Peninsula
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Where land meets the sea or ocean.
Coast
valley
Ravine
Gorge
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A very large area distinguished by flat land. The Canadian Prairie Provinces.
Deltas
Plateaus
Plains
Estuary
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A piece of land surrounded by water on all sides.
Penninsula
Island
Archipelago
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A synonym for canyon.
Gorge
Valley
Canyon
Mountain
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A large body of saltwater that is surrounded in whole or in part by land.Usually part of oceans
Island
Sea
Lake
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There are seven in the world. They are the largest, continuous landmasses of the world.
Continents
River
Peninsula
Island
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Flows into seas, lakes or oceans. It's a narrow yet natural body of water.
River
Sea
Water Fall
Ocean
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A large piece of fresh water ice, at least 5m across, that flows freely in the water.
ice
glacier
iceberg
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F
ormed by continual deposition of snow at a place where it does not melt. Must be.1km square.
Iceberg
Iceshelf
Glasier
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A piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland.
Coast
Island
Peninsula
Archepelago
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A barren piece of land with difficult living conditions due to it's lack of precipitation.
Desert
Arctic
Iceberg
Dessert
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A place where water flows over a vertical drop in the course of a stream or river.A waterfall.
River
Waterfall
Cascade
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High level ground. Flat on top and can turn into canyons.
Delta
Plateau
Mountain
Plain
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Flat land where a river, ocean, estuary or lake begins. Formed by sediments carried by water.
Estuary
Delta
Valley
Coast
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Where two or more bodies of water meet. The water is brackish in these areas.
River
Cascade
Estuary
Delta
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A large system or grouping of Islands.
landform
Archipelago
Peninsula
Island
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A natural rise of the ground. Large, steep hills.
Mountains
Plains
Hilliers
Valleys
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A deep ravine between cliffs, hills or mountains.
Ravine
Canyon
Escarpement
Gorge
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Very large bodies of fresh water. Canada has the largest system of them. HOMES.
Seas
Oceans
Lakes
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5 in the world. They divide up the seas and the world. Biggest bodies of water found on Earth.
Oceans
Lake
Sea