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Landforms
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archipelago Group or a chain of islands
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basin
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bay
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canal
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canyon
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cape
Piece of land that sticks out into the sea or ocean from the
mainland
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channel
A passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
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continent
One of the seven largeest masses of land
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delta
An accumulation of sediment at the mout of a river - usually in the
shape of a triangle
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desert
A dry region with little reain or snow and sparse vegetation
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escarpment
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fault
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geyser
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glacier
Large mass of ice and rock
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gulf
Area of an ocean or sea partly surrounded by land
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harbor
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highlands
An area of land surrounded by higher elevation land; also is a
drainage area for precipitation
Body of water surrounded partially by land and open partially to a
larger body of water.
A narrow passage of water that is built for transportation or
irrigation
A valley with steep inclines on each side
Steep cliff separating two fairly flat land surfaces, one higher than
the other
Crack in the rock in the earth's crust along which movement
occurs.
Hot spring that spouts steam and water through a crack in the
earth's crust
Deep water port that allows ships to sail freely in and out
Large area of mountains or elevated lands
A narrow passage of water that stretches inland from the sea or
ocean
A body of land surrounded completely by water
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inlet
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island
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isthmus
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key
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lagoon
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lake
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mountain
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ocean
One fo the five largest bodies of water on the planet.
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peninsula
Land surrounded by water on three sides.
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plain
Broad area of land that is mostly flat.
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plateau
Large flat area of land at a higher elevation
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river
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savanna
Dry grasslands with few trees and a wet and dry season.
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sea
One of the division of an ocean; a large inland body of salt water
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sound
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strait
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volcano
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waterfall
wetland
Narrow body of land connecting two larger bodies of land with
water on both sides
A low island or reef
Pool of water surrounded by reefs or sandbars
A body of water surrounded completely by land
Land that is significantly higher elevation than the surrounding land
Water that flows from a higher elevation to a lower elevation.
A body of water mostly surrounded by land
Narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
A landform, usually mountainous, that has occaisional activity
related to plate tectonics
A rapid decent of water from a higher elevation to a lower
elevation.
land where the water is near the surface, such as bogs, marshes
and swamps.