Places, Landscapes Flashcards

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1
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place

A

un lieu

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archipelago

an expanse of water with many scattered islands

A

un archipel

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beach

A

une plage

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canyon

A

un canyon

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5
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cave

A

une grotte

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desert

A

un désert

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dune

a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind

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une dune

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fjord

a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes

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un fjord

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glacier

A

un glacier

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gorge

a narrow passage through land

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un défilé

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island

A

une île

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jungle

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une jungle

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marsh

a tract of soft wet land usually characterized by monocotyledons (such as grasses or cattails)

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un marais

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meadow

land that is covered or mostly covered with grass

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un pré

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mountain

A

une montagne

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oasis

a fertile or green area in an arid region (such as a desert)

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une oasis

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peninsula

a portion of land nearly surrounded by water and connected with a larger body by an isthmus

A

une péninsule

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plateau

a usually extensive land area having a relatively level surface raised sharply above adjacent land on at least one side

A

un plateau

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prairie

land in or predominantly in grass

A

une prairie

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rainforest

A

une forêt tropicale

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savanna

a tropical or subtropical grassland (as of eastern Africa or northern South America) containing scattered trees and drought-resistant undergrowth

A

une savane

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tundra

a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs

A

une toundra

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valley

A

une vallée

24
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volcano

A

un volcan

25
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cliff

A

une falaise