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16 Cards in this Set
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Archipelago |
Islands in a row or chain |
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Cape |
pointed part of a peninsula that juts into the water |
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Gulf / Bay |
Open body of water that curves into land. Gulfs are larger than bays, but other than that there is no difference. |
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Isthmus |
Narrow land separating two larger land masses |
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Lake |
Fully enclosed (LandLocked) body of water. Typically fresh |
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Mountain Range |
Group of mountains in a line, cluster, or chain |
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Mouth |
Where a river empties into a larger body of 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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Peninsula |
Land surrounded by water on all but one side |
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Plain |
Low Flatland |
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Plateau |
Elevated flatland |
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Sea |
Mostly enclosed body of water, usually salt |
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Source |
Where a river Begins (Rivers flow through land not between (Like a strait)). Sources are in the mountains and not the oceans |
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Strait / Channel |
Narrow body of water seperating two larger bodies of water. Channels are the larger of the two |
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Tribituary |
Smaller branch off a river |
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Valley |
Low land between two areas of higher land |
