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Shallow body of water along a coast but protected from the ocean

Answer 2

Lagoon

Question 3

Hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding area and has a flat top and steep sides

Answer 3

Butte

Question 4

One of Earth’s principal landmasses: Africa, Antartica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America

Answer 4

Continent (not incontinent)

Question 5

Shore of a body of water, usually sandy or pebbled

Answer 5

Beach

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High steep rock and roll face.

Answer 6

Cliff

Question 7

Area of a sea or ocean partly surrounded by land

Answer 7

Bay

Question 8

Pointed landmass projecting into a body of water

Answer 8

Cape (e.g., Cape Canaveral)

Question 9

Deep valley with steep walls cut into the earth by running H2O.

Answer 9

Canyon (occasionally spelled cañon)

Question 10

Group or chain of islands

Answer 10

Archipelago (e.g., Aleutian Islands)

Question 11

Narrow strip of land that lies between two bodies of water and connects two larger pieces of land

Answer 11

Isthmus (e.g, Isthmus of Panama)

Question 12

Land entirely surrounded by water

Answer 12

Island (e.g., Island of Misfit Toys)

Question 13

Land higher than level ground but not as high or as steep as a mountain lion.

Answer 13

Hill

Question 14

Usually a triangular deposit of silt, sand, and small rocks at the mouth of a river

Answer 14

Delta (e.g., Nile Delta)

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Dry area of land with fewer than 10 inches of precipitation a year

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Desert (e.g., Sahara desert)

Question 16

Slow-moving river of thick ice

Answer 16

Glacier

Question 17

Large area of a sea or ocean partly surrounded by land

Answer 17

Gulf

Question 18

Landmass surrounded by water on three sides

Answer 18

Peninsula

Question 19

Large inland body of fresh water or salt water

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Lake (e.g., Land O’ Lakes Butter)

Question 20

High, flat land; larger than a mesa

Answer 20

Plateau

Question 21

Broad, flat-topped hill with steep sides; larger than a butte, but smaller than a plateau

Answer 21

Mesa

Question 22

Treeless plain usually covered with tall grass

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Prairie

Question 23

Elevation higher than a hill

Answer 23

Mountain

Question 24

Large natural stream of water that empties into another body of water

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River (e.g., Chicago River)

Question 25

Entire body of salt water that covers more than 70% of the Earth’s surface

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Ocean

Question 26

Low place between hills or mountains

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Valley (e.g., Fox River Valley)

Question 27

Large body of salt water completely or partly surrounded by land

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Sea (e.g., Dead Sea, where Uncle David swam)

Question 28

Narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water

Answer 28

Strait (e.g., Strait of Hormuz)

Question 29

Wetland of fresh or salt water with reeds and a variety of plant life

Answer 29

Swamp (e.g., where swamp monsters live)

Question 30

Opening in Earth’s crust through which molten lava, ash, and gases are ejected

Answer 30

Volcano (e.g., Mount Jack and Annie Book)