Landforms and Waterways

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• a broad inlet of the sea where the land

• ocean

• a land area completely surrounded by wat

• island

• a group or chain of islands

• archipelago

• land lying next to a sea or ocean

• bay

• one of the five major bodies of salt wat

• coast

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• coast

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• ocean

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• continental shelf

• the part of a continent that extends into the ocean in a plateau, then drops sharply to the ocean floor

• gulf

• an area where sand, silt, clay, or gravel is dropped at the mouth of a river

• peninsula

• a deep inlet of the sea almost surrounded by land, with a narrow mouth

• delta

• a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas

• isthmus

• a body of land surrounded on three sides by water

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• peninsula

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• continental shelf

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• plain

• a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding area

• mountain range

• an isolated flat-topped hill with steep sides

• mountain

• a series of connected mountains.

• lake

• a sizeable inland body of water

• mesa

• a large expanse of land that can be flat or have a gentle roll

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• plain

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• mountain range

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• mountain

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• trench

• a flat area that rises above the surrounding land

• plateau

• a large natural stream of water that runs through the land

• valley

• a long, narrow, steep-sided cut on the ocean floor

• canyon

• an area of low land usually between hills or mountains

• river

• a deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it.