Notes

Landforms - 4 major: mountains, plateaus, hills and plains

__Mountains and Hills__ Mountains - steep slopes - small summits (cold and snowy)

hills smaller than mtns. - rounded tops

__Plains and Plateaus__ plains - areas of lg. flat land plateaus - raised plains - steep cliffs on one or more sides

__Oceans and Seas__ 2 main bodies of water

oceans largest body of water - move in currents and tides

seas - smaller than oceans, mostly landlocked

__Lakes and Rivers__

bodies of fresh water

Rivers - bodies of fresh MOVING water

**Chesapeake Bay - an estuary

estuary - a semi-enclosed body of water with a measurable degree of salinity

=Climates of North America=

//__TROPICAL MOIST__//: 1.Tropical Rainforest

2.Savanna

3.Tropical Monsoon

//__DRY:__// 1.Desert

2.Steppe

//__MOIST, MILD WINTER__// 1.Humid Subtropical

2.Mid-Latitude Marine

3.Subtropical Monsoon

4. Mediterranean

//__MOIST, SEVERE WINTER__// 1.Humid Continental with Hot Summers

2.Humid Continental with Warm Summers

3.Subarctic

//__POLAR__// 1.Tundra

2.Icecap