SHORE FORMS.

25. Shore Forms.!

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Have you ever seen an ‘sland? If so,

 

 

 

 

 

tell what it was like.
How many islands can you see in the pic-
tures on this page? Find two peninsulas.
How. does an island
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The word peninsula
means almost an island.
Which picture is |

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  
 

A cape is a point
of land that extends

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

out into water.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
 

Which is marked low
How do these two pictures differ from

marked high tide ?
tide ?
‘each other? The water in these pictures is a
part of the ocean.

Twice each day the water slowly rises
on the beach, and twice it slowly falls and
lays the beach bare.? It takes about six hours

for the water to rise, and about six hours for.

it to fall. This rise and fall of the water is
called the tide. :

Where is the water line at high-tide? Where
is it at low tide?

1 Find all these forms on the map opposite the first page
of this book.

2 A few places have only one tide a day, and a few other
places have more than’ two tides.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some capes are
high and others are
low. Find three capes in the pictures.

Find an esthinus. This word means a neck
of land. What does an isthmus connect ?

Look at the pictures, and tell how an
isthmus differs from a strait. A. strait is
a body of water connecting two larger bodies
of water. An isthmus connects two bodies
of land with each other.

A long and shallow strait is sometimes
called a sound. The name sound is also given
to shallow bodies
of water lying
between is-
lands and the
mainland.

Some straits
are many
miles wide,
and are very
deep, but they