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| a flat topped rock or hill formation with steep sides, smaller than a mesa |
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| point of land that extends into a bay |
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| a small sheltered bay or inlet |
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| fan-shaped alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river |
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| tallest mountain in North America, located in Alaska |
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| salty end of a river where it meets the sea |
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| tropical storm in the Atlantic |
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| long inlet separating shoreline from an island |
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| narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water |
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| cold, treeless; , a vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line |
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| highest mountain in the world, located in Nepal (Himalayas) |
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| fertile area in the desert |
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| shallow body of water between a reef and shore or within an atoll |
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| Parallels - Run east- west. Measure distance (in degrees, minutes, seconds) north and south of the equator (0 degrees latitude), the lowest latitude possible. The highest latitude possible is 90 degrees north (North Pole) and south (South Pole). |
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| Meridians - Run north-south. Measure the distance (in degrees, minutes, seconds) east and west of the Prime Meridian (0 degrees longitude). The highest longitude possible is 180 degrees (east and west), called the International Date Line. |
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