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| Flat, grassy mostly treeless plains in the tropical grassland region; usually in Africa[image] |
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| an area of East Africa, containing some of the best grasslands in the world and many grazing animals and predators[image] |
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| a large body of water partly or nearly surrounded by land[image] |
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| a harbor at the shore of the ocean or large body of water developed with facilities to load and unload sea going vessels OR a city or town built at this point[image] |
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| loose fertile sedimentary material containing very small rock particles (soil), formed by river deposits[image], |
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| a hot, steady south wind that blows from North Africa across the Mediterranean Sea into Southern Europe, mostly in the spring[image] |
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| a large passageway of water connecting two large bodies of water[image] |
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| a passageway of water connecting two large bodies of water[image] |
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| wide, grassy, semiarid plains of Eurasia, from an area north of the Black Sea to the Altai Mountains in China usually rich, fertile soil, limited rainfall, cold climate, short growing season[image] |
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| high water level brought by a cyclone or hurricane that floods low-lying areas[image] |
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| a large landmass that is part of a continent but distinct from it. India is a subcontinent of Asia[image] |
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| the highest part of a hill or mountain (peak)[image] |
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| an area of low, spongy land too wet to farm but usually supporting an abundance of coarse grasses, trees or other vegetation (usually fresh water)[image] |
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| a nearly continuous belt of evergreen coniferous forests across the Northern Hemisphere, in North America & Europe[image] |
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| the alternate rise and fall of the water level of an ocean caused by the gravitational pull of the moon on the earth[image] |
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| a stream that flows into another stream, usually used to describe the smaller stream which increases the size of the larger stream into which it flows[image] |
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| a giant ocean wave caused by underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruption; with great destructive power[image] |
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| The flat, treeless lands forming a ring around the Artic circle[image] |
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| A tropical storm, like a hurricane, that occurs in the western pacific OR the climate region of the Arctic Ocean[image] |
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| the land between hills or mountains, usually containing a stream or river[image] |
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| a riverbed that remains dry except during the rainy season[image] |
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| the elevated land or divide separating two drainage areas OR the entire area drained by a river and its tributaries[image] |
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| the season when dry winds blow from the northeast across the Himalaya Mountains toward the sea from October through February, often causing drought |
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| flat land made of chemical salts that remain after winds evaporate the moisture in the soil[image] |
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