Geog. Ch. 2 Bodies of Water

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Bay

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An inlet of a sea or ocean that extends into the land, smaller than a gulf.

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Gulf

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Water bordering on and laying within a coastline, usually larger than a bay and has a wide opening.

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Fjord

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A deep, narrow inlet of  the sea between high rocky cliff usually carved by a glacier resulting in a rugged coastline.

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Source

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• The beginning 

     of a river

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Mouth

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Where a stream or river empties into a larger body of water

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Estuary

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A wide river’s mouth that experiences the rise and fall of the tides.

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Tributary

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A stream or river that flows into another stream or river

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Strait

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A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.