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isthmus
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a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land.
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mesa
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a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico
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strait
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Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
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fiord (fjord)
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A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between steep slopes.
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archipelago
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1. a large group or chain of islands: the Malay Archipelago.
2. any large body of water with many islands. |
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estuary
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1. that part of the mouth or lower course of a river in which the river's current meets the sea's tide.
2. an arm or inlet of the sea at the lower end of a river. |
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fall line
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an imaginary line, marked by waterfalls and rapids, where rivers descend abruptly from an upland to a lowland.
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glacier
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an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.
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piedmont
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a district lying along or near the foot of a mountain range
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arroyo
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(chiefly in southwest U.S.) a small steep-sided watercourse or gulch with a nearly flat floor: usually dry except after heavy rains
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cataracts
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1. A large or high waterfall.
2. A great downpour; a deluge. |
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chasm
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a yawning fissure or deep cleft in the earth's surface; gorge
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reservoir
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1. a natural or artificial place where water is collected and stored for use, esp. water for supplying a community, irrigating land, furnishing power, etc.
2. a receptacle or chamber for holding a liquid or fluid. |
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precipice
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a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical, or overhanging face.
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