From Sea to Shining Sea Vocabulary

That it touches one another

• contiguous

• contagious

Is a funel-shape, wind storm.

(a)  

Is a wet spongy area of shallow water where trees and bushes grow.

(a)  

Is a swamp in the South of Florida, the biggest one in the U.S.A.

• Everglades

• Santa Catarina

• Swamp

It is an imaginary line that runs along the ridge of the highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains.

• Contiguous

• Everglades

• Continental Divide

Is a huge storm with heavy rains and high winds.

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• Storm

Is a low land that lies along the ocean.

• Contiguous

• Continental Divide

• Costal Plain

Is the height of the land in relation to sea level

• Elevation

• Relief

• Contour Lines

Is the difference in height in an area of land.

(a)  

Connects all points of equal elevation.

• Relief

• Countour Lines

• Elevation