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30 Cards in this Set
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Archipelago
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A Group of islands
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Bay
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Small area of water that extends inland
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Canal
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Man made pass of water through land
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Canyon
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Deep and narrow valley with steep walls
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Cape
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Point of that extends into water
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Coastline
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The outline of a coastline
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Continental Divide
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Divides a continent and separates the river systems
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Delta
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Flat land built up by soil deposited by a river
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Desert
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Barren land little to rainfall
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Gulf
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Large body of water extends in the shoreline
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Hemisphere
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Half of the earth
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Hill
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Elevated land with sloping sides
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Island
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Land surrounded by water
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Isthmus
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Narrow stretch of land connecting land masses
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Lake
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Sizeable body of water
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Marsh
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Lowland that is flooded year round
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Mountain
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Land with steep sides
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Peninsula
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Body of land sticking into the water
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Plains
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Flat open land
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Plateau
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Area of flat land from 300 to 3000 feet
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River
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Water flowing downhill into a larger body to water
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Sound
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Body of water in between land and an island
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Strait
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Narrow stretch of water between two large bodies of water
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Tributary
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Small river going into a larger one
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Valley
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Low land between two mountains
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Volcano
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Mountain of liquid rock
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Fall Line
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A narrow zone that marks the geographical boundary between upland and low land
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Cave
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Underground chamber
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Fault
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Crack in the earth's crust
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Glacier
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Thick body of slow moving ice
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