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Physical Geography Flashcards

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Cook Strait

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the strait between the North and South islands of New Zealand

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Great Barrier Reef

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located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia

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Gulf of Carpenteria

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located on the northern portion of Australia, directly east of Cape York Peninsula

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Great Artesian Basin

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large portion of Australia located in the eastern half

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Tasman Sea

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the southwesterly sea between Australia and New Zealand

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Great Dividing Range

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divided range in eastern Australia

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Bass Strait

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the Australian strait in between the Australian straits of Victoria and Tasmania

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Southern Alps

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a mountain range on New Zealand’s South Island

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Great Australian Bight

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a large bay off the southern coast of Australia

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Southern Ocean

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the large ocean in the southernmost parts of the world

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Cape York Peninsula

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a large peninsula in northeast Australia

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Timor Sea

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the sea in between East Timor and Australia

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Western Plateau

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the plateau covering western Australia

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Coral Sea

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a large sea off the northeast coast of Australia

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Chao Phraya

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a major river in Thailand, drains into the Gulf of Thailand in Bangkok

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Irrawaddy

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Burma’s major river running north to south, empties into the Andaman Sea

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Mekong

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A major Asian river running from China to Vietnam, emptying out into the South China Sea

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Salween

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a major river starting in China and emptying out into the Gulf of Thailand

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Celebes Sea

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The large sea east of Borneo and south of the Philippines

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Gulf of Thailand

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the gulf directly southeast of Thailand

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Gulf of Tonkin

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the gulf directly east of northern Vietnam

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Andaman Sea

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the sea directly west of Thailand and south of Burma

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Java Sea

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the sea (looks like a strait) in Indonesia with Borneo to the north

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Philippine Sea

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the large sea northeast of the Philippines

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South China Sea

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the large sea south of China

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Strait of Malacca

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the strait in between Malaysia and Indonesia from the Andaman Sea

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Annamite Cordillera

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a mountain range in Vietnam

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Eastern Ghats

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a mountain range on the eastern coast of India

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Himalayas

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a mountain range running from northern Pakistan to Bhutan, through Nepal

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Hindu Kush

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a mountain range in eastern Afghanistan

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Western Ghats

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a mountain range on the western coast of India

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Deccan Plateau

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a plateau in central India

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Sulamain Range

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a mountain range in northwestern Pakistan

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Chota Nagpur Plateau

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a plateau in eastern India

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Ganges Plain

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a plain running from upper India into Bangladesh

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Taklamakan Desert

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a desert in northwestern China

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Thar Desert

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a desert in northwestern India

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Brahmaputra

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a river that starts in southwestern China that ends into the Ganges River

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Ganges

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A river in northeastern India that empties in the Bay of Bengal

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Indus

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a river running from the Himalayas, through Pakistan, and into the Arabian Sea

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Arabian Sea

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the sea west of the India peninsula

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Bay of Bengal

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the bay east of the India peninsula

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Gulf of Khambhat

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a gulf west of the India peninsula, but east of the Gulf of Kutch

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Gulf of Kutch

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a gulf west of the India peninsula, but west of the Gulf of Khambhat

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Yellow River

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a Chinese river that starts in central China and empties into the Yellow Sea

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Xi River

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a river in southern China that empties out into the South China Sea

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Yangtze River

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a Chinese river that starts in central China and empties into the East China Sea

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East China Sea

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a sea east of China

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Pacific Ocean

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Really?

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Sea of Japan

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the sea in between China and Japan

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South China Sea

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the sea south of China

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Taiwan Strait

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the strait in between China and Taiwan

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Yellow Sea

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the sea above the East China Sea

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Bo Hai Gulf

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the gulf right above the Yellow Sea

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Sichuan Basin

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the basin in central China

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Yunnan Plateau

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a plateau in southwest China

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Greater Khingan Range

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a mountain range in northeastern China

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Qinghai-Xizang Plateau

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a plateau in southwestern China

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Kunlun Moutains

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a mountain range in western China

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Tien Shan

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a mountain range in northwestern China

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Northeast China Plain

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a plain in northeast China

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Gobi Desert

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a desert in southern Mongolia/northern China

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Takla Makan Desert

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a desert in western China

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