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| exact location of a place on the Earth described by global coordinates? |
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| wide strait of waterway between 2 landmasses that lie close to eachother; deep part of a river or other waterwy |
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| one of the 7 large landmasses on the Earth |
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| flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth |
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| imaginary line that runs around the earth halfway between the North and South Poles; used as the starting pint to measure degrees of North and South latitued |
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| large, thick body of slowly moving ice |
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| narrow stretch of land connecting 2 larger land areas |
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| one of many lines on the global grid running from the North Pole to the South Pole; used to measure degrees of longitude |
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| broad, flat topped landform with steep sides; smaller than a plateau |
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| stream of either cold or warm water that moves in a definite direction through an ocean |
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| one of many liness on the global grid that circle the earth North or South of the Equator; used to measure degrees of latitude |
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| body of land jutting out into water, surrounded on 3 sides by water |
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| area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation, about 300-3000 feet high |
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| land lying next to a sea or ocean |
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