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14 Cards in this Set
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isthmus
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a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
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mesa
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an isolated relatively flat-topped natural elevation usually more extensive than a butte and less extensive than a plateau
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strait
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a comparatively narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water
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fiord or fjord
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a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes
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archipelago
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an expanse of water with many scattered islands
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estuary
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a water passage where the tide meets a river current
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fall line
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a line joining the waterfalls on numerous rivers that marks the point where each river descends from the upland to the lowland and the limit of the navigability of each river
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glacier
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a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
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piedmont
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lying or formed at the base of mountains
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arroyo
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a watercourse (as a creek) in an arid region
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cataracts
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steep rapids in a river
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chasm
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a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (as the earth)
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reservoir
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an artificial lake where water is collected and kept in quantity for use
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precipice
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a very steep or overhanging place
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