Thursday, December 5, 2013
4th Grade--Vocabulary 85-98
85. canyon--a valley that is deep with very steep sides
86. cave--a large hole found in rock or underground
87. delta--land made up of soil that a river has carried and left at the place where the river flows into the sea
88. dune--hill of sand piled up by the wind
89. floodplain--low, flat land along a river that may be underwater during a flood
90. glacier--a huge, slow moving mass of ice
91. hill--a place that is higher than the ground around it but smaller than a mountain
92. island--a body of land surrounded on all sides by water
93. mountain range--a group of chain of mountains
94. sinkhole--large hole in ground formed when the roof of a cavern collaspe
95. spring--fresh water found underground and flows to the surface
96. stream--a small body of running water over the earth's surface
97. valley--the low land between hills
98. volcano--a hill or mountain formed when melted rock is forced through the earth's surface
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