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Equator
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a great circle of the earth or a celestial body that is everywhere equally distant from the two poles and divides the surface into the northern and southern hemispheres
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The middle
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longitude
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the arc or portion of the earth's equator intersected between the meridian of a given place and the prime meridian and expressed either in degrees or in time
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up and down
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latitude
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angular distance north or south from the earth's equator measured through 90 degrees
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across
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isthmus
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a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
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opposite of strait
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mesa
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an isolated relatively flat-topped natural elevation usually more extensive than a butte and less extensive than a plateau; also : a broad terrace with an abrupt slope on one side
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Flat top
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strait
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a comparatively narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water
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opposite of isthmus
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estuary
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a water passage where the tide meets a river current; especially : an arm of the sea at the lower end of a river
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mixed water
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archipelago
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a series of islands
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series of ??
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glacier
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a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
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frozen
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piedmont
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lying or formed at the base of mountains
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fall line
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a line joining the waterfalls on numerous rivers that marks the point where each river descends from the upland to the lowland and the limit of the navigability of each river
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arroyo
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a water-carved gully or channel
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Water-carved
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chasm
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a deep cleft in the surface of a planet
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Deep
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reservoir
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an artificial lake where water is collected and kept in quantity for use
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Store ??
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precipice
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a very steep or overhanging place
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Ledge
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Cataracts
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a perpendicular or very steep descent of the water of a stream
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Water
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fjord
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a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes
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inlet
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