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16 Cards in this Set
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Archipelago |
islands in a row |
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Cape |
pointy part of a peninsula that juts into water |
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Delta |
fan or triangle shaped land at the end of a river where soil is deposited |
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gulf |
open body of water that curves into land. gulfs are larger. |
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isthmus |
narrow land separating two larger land masses |
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lake |
fully enclosed body of water, usually fresh |
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mountain range |
group of mountains in a line or a cluster |
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mouth |
where a river empties into a larger body of water |
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peninsula |
land surrounded by water on all but one side |
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plain |
low flat land |
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plateau |
elevated flat land |
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sea |
mostly enclosed body of water, usually salty |
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source |
where a river begins. (rivers flow through land |
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strait/channel |
narrow body of water separating two larger bodies of water. channels are wider |
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tributary |
smaller branch off a river |
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valley |
low land between two areas of higher land, like a mountain range. (group of mountains) |