Social Studies Terms
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| Volcano | An opening in Earths surface through which gases and lava escapes
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| Island | A body of land surrounded by water.
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| Strait | A narrow strip of water connecting to 2 larger bodies of water
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| Swamp | An area land that is saturated by water
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| Flood Plain | Flat land alongside a river, formed by mud and silt deposited by floods
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| River or Mouth | The place where a river flows into a lake or an ocean
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| Sea Level | The level of the oceans surface used as a reference point when measuring heights and
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| Marsh | soft wet low-lying, grassy area located between water and dry land
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| Delta | a triangular area of land formed from deposits at the mouth of a river
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| Harbor | a sheltered area of water deep enough for docking ships
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| Cape | a pointed piece of land extending into an ocean or lake
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| Bay | A part of an ocean or a lake partially enclosed by land
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| Butte | A raised flat area of land with steep sides
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| Oasis | A fertile green area in an arid region
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| Desert | an arid land with usually sparse vegetation
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| Mesa | An isolated relatively flat-topped elevation
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| Prairie | A treeless grass covered plain
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| Mountain | a high and often rocky area of land mass with steep sloping sides
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| Steppe | an extensive usually treeless plain often dry and grass covered
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| Valley | A long low lying area if land often with a river or stream running through it that is surrounded by higher ground
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| Glacier | a large body of continuously accumulating ice and compacted snow formed in mountain valley at the poles that deforms under its own weight and slowly moves
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| Cataract | a series of river rapids and small waterfalls with only with only moderate vertical drop
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| Canyon | a deep narrow valley with steep sides often with a stream running through it
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| Cliff | A high steep rock or ice face especially a rock face extending along a coast line
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| Plateau | an area of high ground with a fairly level surface
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| Peninsula | a narrow piece of land that juts out from the mainland into an area of water
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