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25 Cards in this Set
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Valley |
An area of low land between hills or mountains. |
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Island |
An area of land that is completely covered by water. |
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Strait |
A narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water. |
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Waterfall |
A steep flow of water in a water course. |
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Mountain Range |
A series of more or less connected mountains ranged in a line |
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Mountain Peak |
A pointed top on a mountain. |
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Gulf |
A large part of an ocean that extends into land. |
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Plain |
A nearly flat area. |
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Peninsula |
An area of land that sticks out into a lake or ocean. |
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Tributary |
A river stream flowing into a sea earth. |
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Sea |
The salt waters that surrounds the earth's surface. |
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Bay |
Part of a large body of water connecting two larger bodies of water. |
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Lake |
An inland body of water. |
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Coast |
An area of land near the ocean. |
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Canyon |
A deep, narrow valley with steep walls. |
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Source of water |
The beginning or place of origin of a river. |
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Delta |
A nearly flat plain of alluvial deposit between diverging branches of a river |
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Mouth of river |
A large natural stream of water emptying into an ocean,lake,or other body's of waters. |
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Desert |
A reigon so arid because of little rainfall it support sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all. |
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Mountain |
A natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, attaining an altitude greater than 2000 feet (610 meters). |
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Swamp |
A tract of wet, spongy land often having growth of certain type of trees. |
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Savanna |
A plain characterized by course grasses and southern trees. |
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Cape |
A piece of land jutting into the sea or some other large body of water. |
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Isthmus |
A narrow of strip of land, boarded on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land. |
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Plateau |
A land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land. |
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