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| large stream of water flowing through land |
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| land bult up by deposits at a river's mouth |
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| a channel dug for irrigation or transportation |
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| high rocky land, with steep sides and pointed or rounded top |
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| imaginary line located at 0 degrees latitude |
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| imaginary line located at 0 degrees longitude |
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| lines that measure distance in degrees N or S of the equator |
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| distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian |
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| 23.5 degrees south latitude |
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| 23.5 degrees north latitude |
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| a point of land stretching out into a body of water |
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| a body of land surrouned by water on 3 sides |
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| a ridge of rock or sand at or near the surface of water |
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| deepest part of a waterway (also another name for strait) |
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| sheltered place where ships may safely anchor |
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| land next to the sea or ocean |
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| line of separation between countries or states |
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| river that flows into a larger river |
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| area of low land largely enclosed by higher land |
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| the kind of weather a place has over a long period of time |
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| atmospheric conditions at a given place in time (can change daily!) |
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| seasonal wind that blows from the ocean in summer or land in winter |
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| moisture that falls on the earth's surface: rain, snow, sleet or hail |
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| a dry, barren area of land where few plants grow |
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| a place in a desert, where water is found in a spring or well |
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| tropical woodland area with heavy precipitation |
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| a level grassland with scattered trees |
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| a slow moving river of ice |
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| a powerful, rotating storm that forms over warm oceans near the equator |
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