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mountain range
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a long connected chain of mountains and hills, such as the "Rockies"
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source (river)
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the area where a river originates and begins its journey to the sea- often a spring
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mouth (river)
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where a river flows into a larger body of water
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peninsula
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body of land surrounded by water on three sides connected to a continent by a narrow neck or ithmus
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island
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body of land surrounded by water on all sides
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plateau
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an area of flat land that is higher than the land around it
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tributary
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a river or strem that flows in a larger river or stream
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canal
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a waterway made by artifical means, as by digging
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delta
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an area of land shaped like a triangle, formed by sand & mud deposits at the mouth of a river
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sea
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body of salt water within an ocean, nearlt enclosed by land
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bay
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part of the sea that extends into the land
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port
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a harbor; any bay, cove, inlet or recess of a sea or lake
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summit
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Peak, pinnicle or crest; top of a mountain
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inlet
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a small or narrow body of water (bay or cove) along a coast, particially enclosed by land
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cliff
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a high steep face of rock or earth
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isthmus
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narrow strip of land that runs between two bodies of water and joins two bodies of land
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mesa
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isolated rocky hill or mountain with a flat top
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strait
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a narrow passage or pass in a mountain or ocean between continents or oceans
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fjord fiord
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a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs or slopes
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archipelago
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group of islands clustered together in a an open exspanse of sea/ocean
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estuary
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an arm of the sea, a narrow passage mouth of river or lake where the tide meets the current, ebbs or flows
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fall line
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area whre rivers descend from piedmont to plains and from waterfalls to rapids
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glacier
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great mass of ice slowly sliding down a mountain slope or thru a valley
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peidmont
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hilly land at the foot of a mountain
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cataracks
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a large dramatic waterfall that plunges down from a high overhanging precipice
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chasm
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a small canyon
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reservoir
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a place where water is collected & kept for use
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precipice
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a high over hanging piece of a cliff
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arroyo
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the clay bed of a stream or gully, or small river
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