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archipelago
atlas
a book of maps
bay
a part of the sea that is partly enclosed by a curve in the land, generally smaller than a gulf a large natural hole in the side of a cliff or hill, or under the ground a deep valley with very steep sides of rock that usually has a river running through it
cave
canyon
canal
a long passage dug into the ground and filled with water, either for boats to travel along, or to take water to a place
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channel
an wide strait or waterway that connects two larger areas of water; the deepest part of a river, harbor, or sea, especially where it is deep enough to allow ships to sail in a large area of rock or a mountain with a very steep side, often at the edge of the sea or a river the seven large land masses on the earth
cliff
continents
crater
a round hole in the ground made by something that has fallen on it or by an explosion; the round open top of a volcano
dam
a special wall built across a river or stream to stop the water from flowing, especially in order to make a lake or reservoir or to produce electricity flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth
delta
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desert
a large region of land where it is always very hot and dry, and there is a lot of sand in the direction that the water in a river or stream is flowing
downstream
elevation
Equator
an imaginary line drawn around the middle of the Earth that is exactly the same distance from the North Pole and the South Pole
forest
glacier
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grasslands
gulf
a large area of sea partly enclosed by land, generally larger and more deeply indented than a bay
harbor
an area of water next to the land where the water is calm, so that ships are safe when they are inside it, usually refers to a man-made structure an area of land that is higher than the land around it, with sloping sides and rounded top, generally smaller than a mountain piece of land, smaller than a continent, that is completely surrounded by water
hill
island
lake
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latitude
longitude
map
a drawing of a particular area, for example a city or country, which shows its main features, such as its roads, rivers, mountains, etc. a hill with a flat top and steep sides, in the southwestern US, said to look like a table, smaller than a plateau (mesa = table, in Spanish) land with steep sides that rise sharply (1,000 feet or more) from surrounding land; generally larger and more rough than a hill
mesa
mountain
mountain range
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ocean
one of the four major areas of salt water on the Earth's surface that surround the continents
peninsula
a body of land that is surrounded by water on three sides a natural part of the land; landforms & bodies of water a large region of flat dry land, usually a low elevation and often covered with grasses a large area of flat land that is higher than the land around it a place where ships can be loaded and unloaded
plateau
port
Prime Meridian
the imaginary line drawn from north to south on the earth, from which east and west are measured in degrees on a map
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relative location
relief (map)
if you show a part of the Earth's surface in relief, you show the differences in height between different parts of it (elevation) a large, flowing body of water that usually empties into a sea or ocean the land next to a river
river
river bank
sea
shore
the land along the edge of a large area of water such as an ocean or lake the place where a stream or river starts
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strait
a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water, generally more narrow than a channel a natural flow of water that moves across the land and is narrower than a river
stream
upstream
along a river, in the opposite direction from the way the water is flowing
valley
an area of lower land between two lines of hills or mountains, usually with a river flowing through it a mountainous vent in the Earth's crust When a volcano erupts, it spews out lava, ashes, and hot gases from deep inside the Earth. a place where water from a river or stream falls down over a cliff or rock
volcano
waterfall
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