| Lagoon |
shallow body of pen water lying between a barrier island or a barrier reef and the mainland |
| Lake |
body of standing water surrounded by land |
| Land Breeze |
local wind blowing from land to water during the night |
| Landforms |
configurations of the land surface taking distinctive forms and produced by natural processes |
| Landmass |
large area of continental crust lying above sea level |
| Landslide |
rapid sliding of large masses of bedrock on steep mountain slopes |
| Latitude |
arc of a meridian between the equator and a given point on the globe |
| Lava |
magma emerging on the Earth’s solid surface, exposed to air or water |
| Lithosphere |
strong, brittle outermost rock layer of the Earth |
| Lithospheric Plate |
segment of lithosphere moving as a unit, in contact with adjacent lithospheric plates along plate boundaries
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| Longitude |
arc of parallel between the prime meridian and a given point on the globe |
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