Geographical Features

prominently = easily seen

exhibiting = showing particular characteristics and qualities confined = restricted in area elongated = longer and thinner than usual, as if stretched steep = rising or falling perpendicular slope = a part of the side of a hill or mountain summit = the highest point of a hill or mountain. distinction = difference dissected = having a divided form bounded = limited escarpment = a long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights sedimentary rock = a type of rock formed from the accumulation of mineral or organic matter depression = an area of land that is lower than the surrounding area precipitation = rains, snow, hail arid = dry semi-arid = half-dry landlocked = entirely surrounded by land and has no direct access to the sea or ocean drainage = the ways in which water moves across the land into a river, lake, or ocean