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30 Cards in this Set
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1. Archipelago
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A group of islands
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2. Bay
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Part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally smaller than a gulf
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3. Canal
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An artificial waterway for navigation
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4. Canyon
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Deep and narrow valley with steep walls
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5. Cape
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Point of land that extends into a river, lake or ocean
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6. Coastline
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The outline or contour of a coast
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7. Continental Divide
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A divide separating river systems that flow to opposite sides of a continent
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8. Delta
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A nearly flat plain of alluvial deposit between diverging
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9. Desert
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A region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all
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10. Gulf
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A portion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land
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11. Hemisphere
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A half of a sphere
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12. Hill
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Elevated land with sloping sides and rounded summit,
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13. Island
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Land area,smaller than a continent, completely
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14. Isthmus
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Narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas
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15. Lake
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A sizable inland body of water
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16. Marsh
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A tract of low wet land, treeless and periodically inundated generally characterized by a growth of grass, sedges,cattails and rushes
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17. Mountain
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Land with steep sides that rises sharply(1,000 feet or more) from surrounding land ; generally larger and more rugged than a hill
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18. Peninsula
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Body of land jutting into lake or ocean, surrounding on three sides of water,
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19. Plains
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Area of level land, usually at low elevation and often covered with grasses
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20. Plateau
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Area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation, about 300 to 3,000 feet
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21. River
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Large natural stream of water that runs through the land
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22. Sound
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Broad inland body of water,often between a coastline and one or more islands off the coast.
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23. Strait
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Narrow stretch o water joining two larger bodies of water.
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24. Tributary
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Small river or stream that flow onto a large river or stream;a branch of the river.
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25. Valley
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Area of low land usually between hills or mountains
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26. Volcano
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Mountain or hill created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the earth
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27. Fall Line
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An imaginary line, marked by waterfalls
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28. Cave
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A large underground chamber
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29. Fault
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Crack in the earth’s crust, associated with tectonic plates in the earth’s crust.
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30. Glacier
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A slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.
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