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Landforms And Bodies Of Water Flashcards

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Body of water partially enclosed by land with a wide outlet to the ocean

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Bay

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A group of closely scattered islands

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Archipelago

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A sandy, pebbly, or rocky shore of a body of water

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Beach

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Hill the rises abruptly from surrounding area with sloping sides and a flat top

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Butte

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An artificial waterway used for irrigation and travel

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Canal

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Deep, narrow valley with high steep hills

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Canyon

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Point of land projecting into a body of water

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Cape

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Deeper part of a river or harbor

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Channel

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High steep or overhanging rock face

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Cliff

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One of the seven large landmasses on earth

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Continent

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Triangular section of land built up at a rivers mouth

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Delta

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Dry areas of land, desolate waterless and without vegetation

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Desert

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In deserts and on beaches, wind blown sand forming hills

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Dunes

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Natural hot spring that emits a column of water and steam into the air

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Geyser

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Large body of ice that moves across lands surface

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Glacier

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An area of a sea or ocean partially enclosed by land, larger than a bay

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Gulf

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Part of land that rises noticeably above the rest of the land

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Hill

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Large chunks of ice that break off of glaciers

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Icebergs

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A piece of land surrounded by water

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Island

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Narrow piece of land that connects two large landmasses and separates two bodies of water

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Isthmus

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Shallow pool of water at the center of a ring shaped island formed by coral buildup

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Lagoon

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Body of water completely surrounded by land

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Lake

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An area of low lying wetland

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Marsh

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Flat topped elevated landform

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Mesa

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Land that rises above surrounding land with steep slopes and a peak or summit

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Mountain

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Large continuous body of salt water

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Ocean

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Piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides

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Peninsula

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Flat or gently rolling lands

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Plain

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Flat land mass higher than the surrounding land with at least one steep side

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Plateau

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A stream of water of considerable volume

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River

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Body of salt water surrounded almost entirely by land

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Sea

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Long wide body of water connecting larger bodies of water, larger than a channel

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Sound

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Lowland region saturated by water

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Swamp

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Vast treeless plains with permafrost and small low plants

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Tundra

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Lowland between mountain ranges or hills often having a river or stream running along the bottom

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Valley

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Mountains formed when lava rises through the earths crust

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Volcano

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