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| Bay |
an extension of a sea or ocean into the land |
| Canal |
an artificial waterway |
| Cape |
a point of land projecting into a sea or an ocean |
| Desert |
an arid region that receives little precipitation |
| Glacier |
a huge mass of ice originating from a compacted snow |
| Isthmus |
a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses |
| Legend |
a series of symbols and their meanings describing features of a map |
| Peninsula |
a long projection of land into water,connected to the mainland by an isthmus |
| Butte |
an isolated hill or small mountain with steep sides and a flat top |
| Degree |
a measure of distance equal to 1/360th of the circumference of the earth |
| Gulf |
a large part of an ocean that extends into the land |
| Latitude |
a measurement of distance north or south of the equator expressd as degrees the equator is 0 latitude |
| Longitude |
a measurement of distance east or west of an imaginary line running through Greenwich, England, expressed as degree Greenwich is 0 longitude |
| Minute |
a measurement of distance equal to 1/60th of a degree; one degree equals 60 minutes |
| Prairie |
a large, level tract of grassland |
| Rapids |
usually a shallow part of an river with a fast current |
| River delta |
a wide,alluvial mouth of a river |
| Swamp |
a wet,spongy land sometimes partially underwater |
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