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- valley
- land that lies between hills or mountains
- steppe
- flat, treeless land with limited moisture.
- river
- large stream of water that empties into an ocean or lake or another river.
- piedmont
- rolling land along the base of a mountain range.
- Indian Ocean
- ocean
- longitude
- the distance in degrees east or west from the Prime Meridian.
- bay
- part of a body of water that is partly enclosed by land.
- coast
- land that borders the sea.
- Australia
- continent
- peninsula
- piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
- Pacific Ocean
- ocean
- latitude
- the distance in degrees north and south from the equator.
- canal
- waterway made by people that is used to drain or irrigate land or to connect two bodies of water.
- coastal plain
- lowland area lying along the ocean.
- Africa
- continent
- Europe
- continent
- altitude
- height above sea level
- upstream
- in the direction that is against a rivers flow;toward a river's source.
- source of a river
- place where a river begins.
- mouth of a river
- place where a river or stream empties into a large body of water.
- archipelago
- chain of islands
- tributary
- stream or small riverthat flows into a larger stream or river.
- sea level
- average level of the ocean's surface from which the height of land or depth of the ocean is measured.
- prairie
- large area of natural grasslands with few or no trees or hills.
- ocean
- any of the four largest bodies of salt water on the Earth's surface.
- mountain range
- chain of connected mountains
- lake
- body of water surrounded entirely by land.
- canyon
- deep, narrow valley with high, steepsides.
- Antarctica
- continent
- North America
- continent
- delta
- land area formed bysoil that is deposited at the mouth of a river
- directional arrow
- arrow on a map that always points north.
- downstream
- in the direction of a river's flow; toward a river's mouth.
- fall line
- place where rivers drop from a plateau or foothills to a coastal plain, usually marked by many waterfalls.
- foothills
- low hills at the base of a mountain range.
- hills
- area of raised land that is lower and more rounded than a mountain.
- weather
- condition of the air at any given time and place
- sea
- large body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean.
- plateau
- large are of high, flat, or gently rolling land.
- Arctic Ocean
- ocean
- mountain
- high, steep, rugged land that rises sharply above the surrounding land.
- isthmus
- narrow strip of land joining two large land areas or joining a peninsula to a mainland.
- cape
- narrow point of land that extends into a body of water.
- elevation
- the height above sea level.
- gulf
- arm of an ocean or sea that is partly enclosed by land, usually larger than a bay.
- hemisphere
- half of the earth.
- island
- land area that is surrounded by water.
- volcano
- cone-shaped mountain formed by an outpouring of lava-hot brick, liquid rock-from a crack in the Earth's surface.
- strait
- narrow channel that connects two larger bodies of water.
- plain
- broad are of fairly level land that is generally close to sea level.
- Atlantic Ocean
- ocean
- marsh
- lowland with moist soils and tall grasses.
- basin
- low-lying land area that is surrounded by land of higher elevation; land area that is drained by a river system.
- climate
- pattern of weather in a particular place over a period of 20 to 30 years.
- continent
- any of seven large land masses on the earth's surface.
- Asia
- continent
- South America
- continent
- continental divide
- mountain ridge that separates river systems flowing toward opposite sides of a continent.
- desert
- area that has little or no moisture or vegetation.