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32 Cards in this Set
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What is a body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean called?
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Sea
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What is a large group of islands called?
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Archipelago
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What is a body of water surrounded by land and partly open to an ocean called?
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Bay
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What is a narrow waterway built for transportation called?
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Canal
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What is a deep narrow valley with steep sides often with a stream at the bottom called?
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Canyon
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What is a broad passage of water connectin gto two large bodies of water called?
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Channel
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What is a part of land next to a sea?
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Coast
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What is the landform at the mouth of a river created by depsoits of sediment?
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Delta
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What is a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems?
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Divide
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What is a narrow deep inlet of the sea between high, rocky cliffs created by glaciers called?
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Fjord
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What is a portion of ocean or sea partly enclosed by land called?
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Gulf
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What is a part of water deep enough to anchor a ship called?
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Harbor
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What is a natural elevation of the Earth's surface that is smaller than a mountain called?
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Hill
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What is a landmass smaller than a continent and completed surrounded by water called?
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Island
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What is a narrow neck of land that acts as a bridge to connect to larger bodies of land called?
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Isthmus
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What is an inland body of water called?
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Lake
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What is an elevation higher than a hill called?
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Mountain
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What is a series of mountains or mountain ranges closely related in direciton and position called?
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Mountain Range
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What is the place where a stream enters a larger body of water called?
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Mouth (of a river)
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What is a site in the desert where water can be found?
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Oasis
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What is a gap in a mountain called?
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Pass
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What is an area of land that is almost surrounded by water called?
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Peninsula
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What is a broad area of land that is gently rolling or almost flat called?
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Plain
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What is an elevated plain, usually with at least one steeply dropping or rising side called?
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Plateau
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What is a chain of rocks or ridge of sand at or near the surface of water called?
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Reef
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What is a natural stream of water larger than a brook or creek called?
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River
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What is one of the divisions of an ocean called?
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Sea
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What is the beginning of a stream or river called?
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Source (of a river)
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What is a narrow channel connecting two large bodies of water called?
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Strait
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What is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream called?
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Tributary
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What is an area of lowland between ranges of hills or mountains called?
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Valley
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What is the opening in the earth's crust through which lava flows called?
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Volcano
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