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What is a cape?
a pointed piece of land that sticks out into a sea, ocean, lake, or river
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What is a valley?
a low place between mountains
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What is the source?
the beginning of a river
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What is a plain?
flat lands that have only small changes in elevation
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What is a col?
a mountain pass
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What is a peninsula?
a body of land that is surrounded by water on three sides
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What is a butte?
a flat-topped rock or hill formation with steep sides
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What is a straight?
a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water
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What is geomorphology?
the scientific field that investigates how landforms are formed on the Earth (and other planets)
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What is a cove?
a small, horseshoe-shaped body of water along the coast; the water is surrounded by land formed of soft rock
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What is an archipelago?
a group or chain of islands clustered together in a sea or ocean
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What is a mountain?
a very tall high, natural place on Earth - higher than a hill
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What is an estuary?
where a river meets the sea or ocean
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What is the desert?
a very dry area
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What is the equator?
an imaginary circle around the earth, halfway between the north and south poles
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What is an isthmus?
a narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses. An isthmus has water on two sides
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What is a plateau?
a large, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land
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What is a delta?
a low, watery land formed at the mouth of a river. It is formed from the silt, sand and small rocks that flow downstream in the river
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What is the tundra?
a cold, treeless area; it is the coldest biome
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What is longitude?
is the angular distance east or west
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What is a fjord?
a long, narrow sea inlet that is bordered by steep cliffs
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What is a mesa?
a land formation with a flat area on top and steep walls - usually occurring in dry areas
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What is a tributary?
a stream or river that flows into a larger river
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What is a dune?
a hill or a ridge made of sand
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What is an atoll?
a ring (or partial ring) of coral that forms an island in an ocean or sea






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