Two Places in the Snow
The second-grade geography club at Snowshoe Station was studying two nearby places in a snowy northern region. Leena read a winter journal about Aurora Basin. Omar read a journal about Icewind Coast. They put the entries side by side to name and compare the land and water features.
In Aurora Basin, the Whitecap Mountains rise high above the snow. A valley, or lower land between mountain slopes, lies below them. The Swift River begins near the mountains and moves through the valley. It empties into Hushwater Lake, a broad, still body of water. South of the lake is a broad, level plain where people travel by sled.
Farther east, Icewind Coast has a wide plain that reaches from the town to the shore. Beyond the shore is the Arctic Ocean, a huge body of water. Sealrock Island is a piece of land in that ocean. Water surrounds the island on every side.
The club members noticed that the two places share one kind of land. Their other land and water features make the journeys different.