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30 Cards in this Set
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latitude
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imaginary lines or parallels running east to west around the globe. they are parallel and never meet
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estuary
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a wide mouth of a river that runs into the sea a body of water that is both salt water and fresh water from a river
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iceberg
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a huge block of floating ice that has broken off a glacier
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oasis
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a fertile place in the desert due to the presence of water, such as an underground river
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tropic of capricorn
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23 degrees south of the equator it shows where the tropics of the world lie
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geyser
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a hot underground spring that shoots out hot water and steam from time to time
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river
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a long body of water that flows into an ocean, lake, etc
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continental divide
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the great ridge of the rocky mountains that separates west flowing streams from east flowing streams
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longitude
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imaginary lines or meridians that run from the north pole to the south pole they are not parallel they are measured in degrees
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tropic of cancer
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23 degrees north of the equator it shows where the tropical area of the world lies
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equator
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0 degrees latitude
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prime meridian
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0 degrees longitude
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glacier
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a large mass of ice that moves very slowly down a mountain or through a valley
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channel
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a body of water joining two larger ones the bed or deep part of a river
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continent
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any of the main large land masses of the earth
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ocean
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the body of salt water that covers about 71% of the earth's surface
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bay
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a part of an ocean or lake that extends into the land
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sea
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a body of salt or fresh smaller than an ocean but larger than a lake
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strait
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a narrow strip of connecting two larger bodies of water
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tributary
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a stream or river that flows into a larger river
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delta
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a triangular area formed by deposits of mud and silt at the mouth of a river
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lake
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a large inland body of fresh water
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lagoon
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a shallow lake or pond connected with a larger body of water shallow water separated from the sea by sand dunes
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cataract
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a large powerful waterfall or series of waterfalls
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fjord
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a long narrow inlet of sea between cliffs and slopes
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cape
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a piece of land projecting into water(or that sticks out into water
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sound
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a wide channel linking two bodies of water or separating an island from the mainland
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peninsula
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a land area almost surrounded by water a section of land that sticks out into the sea and is surrounded by water on three sides
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isthmus
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a narrow strip of land connecting two large bodies of land
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plateau
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a broad flat area of land higher that the surrounding land
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