GEOGRAPHIC VOCABULARY!

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GEOGRAPHIC VOCABULARY!
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Island

• An area of land completely surrounded by water.

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Mountain Range

• A series of mountain ridges alike in form,
  direction, and origin.

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Ocean

• The entire body of salt water that covers more
  than 70 percent of the earth's surface.

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Cape

• A point or head of land projecting into a body of
  water.

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Mt. Mountain

• Mountain A natural elevation of the earth's
  surface having considerable mass, generally steep
  sides, and a height greater than that of a hill.

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Strait

• A narrow stretch of water that connects two
  larger bodies of water.

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Delta

• A plain at the mouth of a river, often triangular
  in shape, formed where sediment is deposited by
  flowing water.

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Gulf

• A large area of a sea or ocean partially enclosed
  by land.

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Lake

• A body of fresh water or salt water that is
  usually surrounded by land.

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River

• A large natural stream of water emptying into an
  ocean, lake, or other body of water.

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Isthmus

• A narrow strip of land that connects two larger
  areas of land.

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Peninsula

• An area of land almost completely surrounded by
  water but connected to the mainland.

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Hills

• Well-defined natural elevations smaller than
  mountains.

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Bay

• A body of water that is partly surrounded by land
  and that is connected to a larger body of water.