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19 Cards in this Set
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Harbor
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a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship
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Strait
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a narrow stretch of water that connects two larger bodies of water
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Bay
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a body of water that is partly surrounded by land and is connected to a larger body of water
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Tributary
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A river or stream that flows into a larger river
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Canal
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An artificial waterway for navigation or irrigation
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Glacier
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a huge, slow-moving mass of snow and ice
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Lake
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a body of fresh or salt water, completely surrounded by land
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Mouth
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the point where a river enters a lake or sea, where a river is fed from
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River
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a fairly large sized stream flowing in a definite course
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Archipelago
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a group of island clustered together in an open expanse of sea/ocean
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Island
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an area of land completely surrounded by water
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Peninsula
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an area of land almost completely surrounded by water but connected to the mainland
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Desert
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a region so arid due to little rainfall and has little or no vegetation
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Plain
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a large area of flat or gently rolling land
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Delta
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a plain at the mouth of a river, often triangular in shape, formed by deposited sediment
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Mountain
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a landform that rises steeply at least 2,000 feet
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Volvano
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an opening in Earth's surface through which molten rock, ash, and gases escaped from the interior
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Valley
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a low stretch of land between mountains or hills
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Isthmus
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a narrow strip of land that connects two larger pieces of land
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