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30 Cards in this Set
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an artificial waterway for transportation, drainage or irrigation
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canal
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the deepest part of a river harbor
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channel
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a dry, barren region having little or no moisture or vegetation
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desert
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an area of land surrounded by water and smaller than a continent
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island
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an arc shaped chain of islands
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archipelago
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where a stream empties into a larger body of water
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mouth
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barren land with roughly eroded ridges, peaks and mesas
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badlands
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an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
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bay
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a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
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isthmus
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a flat topped piece of land rising sharply above the surrounding land
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plateau
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point of origin (where it starts) of a stream of water
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source
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highest point of a mountain
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summit
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a ring-shaped coral island on the rim of an underground volcano
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atoll
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isolated, flattop, rocky hill with steep slopes
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butte
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triangular plain formed by gravel, silt, sand and clap deposited at the outh of a river
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delta
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deep valley with high, steep walls
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canyon
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pointed piece of land jutting into the sea from a coastline
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cape
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long, narrow sea inlet bordered by steep cliffs, gouged out by a glacier
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fjord
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natural hot spring that ejects steam & hot water
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geyser
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large body of ice
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glacier
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area of sea or ocean partially enclosed by land; larger than a bay
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gulf
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natural land elevation smaller than a mountain
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hill
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mass of floating ice that has broken away from a glacier
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iceberg
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shallow pool of water at the center of an atoll
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lagoon
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flattop, elevated landform
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mesa
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body of saltwater surrounded almost entirely by land
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sea
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vast, treeless plains with permafrost and small, low plants
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tundra
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a stream feeding a larger stream or lake
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tributary
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a vast semi-arid grass-covered plain
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steppe
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large pieces of flat lands
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plain
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