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| Exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates. |
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| Area of land drained by a given river and it's branches; area of land surrrounded by lands of higher elevation. |
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| Part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally smaller than a gulf. |
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| Deep and narrow valley with steep walls. |
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| Point of land that extends into a river, lake, or ocean. |
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| Wide striat or waterway between two land-masses that lie close to each other; deep part of a river or other waterway. |
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| Steep, high wall of rock, earth, or ice. |
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| One of the seven large landmasses on Earth. |
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| Characteristic that humans have created in a place, such as a language, religion, housing, and settlement pattern. |
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| Flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by ariver and deposited at its mouth. |
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| Stretch of high land that speratesriver systems. |
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| Direction in which a river or stream flows from its source to its mouth. |
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| Height of a land above sea level. |
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Imaginary line that runs around the earth halfway between North and South
poles; used as the starting point to measure degrees of North and South Latitude. |
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| Large, thick body of slowly moving ice. |
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| Part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally larger and more deeper intended than a bay. |
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| a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can enter safely |
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| Elavated land area such as hill, mountain, or plateau |
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| Elevated land with sloping sides and rounded summit, generally smaller than a mountain |
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| Land area, amller than a continent, completely surrounded by water |
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| Narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas |
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| A sizable inland body water |
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| Distance north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees |
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| Distamce east or west of the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees |
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| Land, usually level, at a low elevation |
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| Drawing of the earth, shown on a flat surface |
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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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| Land with steep sides that rise sharply (1,000 feet or more) from surrounding land, generally larger and more rugged than a hill |
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| Pointed top of the mountain |
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| A series of connected mountains |
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| (Of a river) Place where a stream or river flows into a larger body of water |
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| One of the four major bodies of salt water that surround the continents |
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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 lines on the global grid that circle the earth north or osuth of the Equator, used to measure degrees of latitude |
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| Body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water |
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| characteristic of a plave occciring naturally,such as a landform, body of water,climate pattern, or reasource. |
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| Area of level land, usally a low elevation and often covered with grasses. |
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| area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation about 300-3,000 feet high. |
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| large, thick body of slowly moving ice. |
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| Part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally larger and more deeply indented than a bay. |
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| A sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can ancor safely. |
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| Elevated land area such as a hill, mountain, or a plateau. |
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| Elevated land with with sloping sides and rounded summit; generally smaller than a mountain. |
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| land area, smaller than a continent , completly surounded by water. |
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| Narrow stretch of land connecting to larger land areas. |
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| A sizeable inland body of water. |
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| Distance north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees. |
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| Distance East or West of the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees |
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| Land, usally level, at a low elevation. |
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| Drawing of the earth shown on a flat surface |
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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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