Landforms

Allison R.
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  1. sea floor
    the bottom of a sea or ocean
    Over time, the flat sea floor became dry land!
  2. coastal plain
    a plain adjacent to a coast
    This kind of plain is called a coastal plain.
  3. body of water
    the part of the earth's surface covered with water
    Coastal plains are stretches of low land next to large bodies of water.
  4. national park
    a tract of land declared by the national government to be public property
    We’ll start our trip in the west at Big Bend National Park.
  5. sediment
    matter that has been deposited by some natural process
    These form when river sediments build up the sea floor.
  6. Gulf of Mexico
    an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico
    Texas has nearly 600 miles of coastline along the Gulf of Mexico.
  7. volcano
    a fissure in the earth's crust through which gases erupt
    The mountains of western Texas formed 35 million years ago from volcanoes.
  8. land
    the solid part of the earth's surface
    The seas were pushed aside as the land rose.
  9. shallow
    lacking physical depth
    Until about 35 thousand years ago, shallow seas covered much of Texas.
  10. sea
    a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
    Until about 35 thousand years ago, shallow seas covered much of Texas.
  11. gulf
    an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land
    Texas has nearly 600 miles of coastline along the Gulf of Mexico.
  12. river
    a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
    These form when river sediments build up the sea floor.
Created on Tue Jun 11 10:13:15 EDT 2013 (updated Tue Jun 11 10:27:29 EDT 2013)

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