Geography TERM Continent Eurasia Isolated Piedmont Geography Region Physical Characteristics Harbor Horseshoe Erosion Glacier Formation Elevation Continental Divide Broad Basin Range DEFINITION Large land mass surrounded by water Europe and Asia connects as one land mass Separated from others A region of foothills of the Appalachian Mountains stretching from Alabama to Virginia The study of the earth and the way the people, plants, and animals live on and use the earth An area with common characteristics The climate and physical features (landforms and water) of a place Part of a body of water along the coast that is deep enough for a ship to dock for loading and unloading U-shape The wearing away of land by wind, water, or ice A slowly moving mass of ice Structure or shape The height if something above sea level The line of peaks in the Rocky Mountains that separate rivers flowing toward the west or toward the east Wide A large bowl-shaped depression in the surface of the land A group of mountains bordered by lowlands