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37 Cards in this Set
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a narrow water way that connects two larger bodies of water.
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die Strasse
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part of an ocean that extends into the land; larger than a bay.
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ger Golf
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an area of elevated flat land.
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die Hochflache
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a wall built across a river, creating a lake that stores water.
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die Staumauer
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a natural or artificial lake used to store water.
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das Reaervior
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a deep narrow valley with steep sides.
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die Felsschlucht
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a hill with a flat top, smaller than a plateau.
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der Tafelberg
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a small flat topped hill that is smaller than a mesa or plateau.
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die Probeschuttung
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an area of low land between hills or mountains.
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das Tal
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a rounded raised landform not as high as a mountain.
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der Hugel
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a mounded hill or ridge of sand heaped up by the wind.
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die Sanddune
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a dry environment with few plants and animals.
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die Wuste
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part of the ocean or lake that extends deeply into the land.
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die Brucht
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the land along the ocean.
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die Kuste
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a body of land completely surrounded by water.
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die Insel
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a body of land nearly surrounded by water.
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die Halbinsel
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a narrow strip of land that connects two larger bodies of land.
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die Landenge
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s lsrge body of salt water oceans covering 71% of the earth's surface.
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der Ozean
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the place where a river empties into a larger body of water.
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die Flussmundung
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land made of silt left behind as a river drains into a larger body of water.
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das Delta
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a large area of nearly falt land.
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die Ebene
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a stream of water that flows across the land and empties into another body of water.
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der Fluss
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a naroow gap thorugh a mountain range.
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der Gebirgspass
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a bowl shaped landform surrounded by higher land.
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die Mulde
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a flow of water falling vertically.
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der Wasserfall
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all the land drained by a river and its tributaries.
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das Flussgebiet
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a line beyond which trees do not grow.
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die Baumgrenze
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a place where ships land and unload their goods.
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der Hafen
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a channel built to crry water for irrigation or navigation.
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der Kanal
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s sheltered place along the coast line where boats canned dock safely.
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der Hafen
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the top of a mountian.
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der Gipfel
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a high land form with steep sides, higher than a hill.
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der Berg
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an opening in the earth's surface through which hot rock and ash are forced out.
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der Vulkan
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a hugh sheet of ice that moves slowly across the land.
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der Gletscher
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a body of water completely surrounded by land.
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der See
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a samller river that flows into a larger river.
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der Nebenfluss
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the starting point of a river.
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der Anfang des Flusses
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