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Geography
7th Grade
08/25/2016

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1. basin

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bowl-shaped area of land surronded by higher land

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2.bay

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an inlet of the sea or some or some pther body of water, uslly smaller than a gulf

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3.bluff 

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high, steep face of rock or earth

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4.canyon

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deep, narrow valley with steep sides

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5.cape

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point of land that extends into water

 

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6.cataract

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large waterfall

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7.channel

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deppest part of a body of water

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8.cliff

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high, steep face of rock or ocean

 

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9.coast

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land along a sea or ocean

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10.coastel plain

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area of flat land along a sea or ocean

 

 

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11.delta 

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triangle-shaped area of land at the mouth of a river 

 

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12.desert

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dry land with few plants 

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13.dune

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hill of sand piled up by the wind

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14.fall line 

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area along which rivers form water-falls or rapids as the rivers drop to lower land

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15.floodplain

 

 

 

 

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flat land that is near the edges of a iver and is formed by sit deposited by floods

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16.foothills

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hilly area at the base of a moutain

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17.glacier

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large ice mass that moves slowly down mountain or across land

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18.gulf

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part of a sea or oceanextending into the land usually larger than a bay

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19.hill

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land the rises above the land aroung it

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20.inet

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any area of water extending into the landfrom a larger  body of water

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21.island 

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land that has water on all sides 

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22.isthmus

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narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas of land

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23.lagoon

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body of shallow water

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24.lake

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body of water with land on all sides

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25.marsh

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lowland with moist soil and tall grasses

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