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| Land,usally level, at a low elavation | Lowland
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| Distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees | Longitude
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| Distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees | Latitude
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| lake | a sizable inland body of water
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| isthmus | Narrow strecth of land connecting two larger landmasses
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| island | land area, samller than a continent, completly surounded by water
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| Elavated land with sloping sides and rounded summit;genrally smaller a mountain | Hill
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| highland | Elavated area such as a hill, mountain, or plateau
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| Harbor | A sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchore safely
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| Part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline; generally larger and more deeply indented than a bay | Gulf
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| Glacier | Large, thick body of slowly moving ice
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| Fjord | A long narrow coastal intel with steep sides, often formed by glaciel action, especially along the western coast of Norway
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| Equator | Imaginary line that runs around the Earth halfway between the North and South Poles; used as the starting point to measure degrees of north and south latitude.
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| Elavation | Hieght of land above the sea level
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| Direction in which a river or stream flows from its source to its mouth | Downstream
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| Divide | Stretch of highland that seperates river systems
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| FLat low lying land built up from soil carried down stream by a river deposite at the mouth | Delta
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| cultural feature | Charecteristic that humans have created in a place such as language, religion, housing, or setttlment patterns
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| contour lines | lines that join points of equal elevations on the surface of the land above or below a refernce surface such as mean sea level
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| continent | One of seven large landmasses on the Earth
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| steap high walls of rock, ice, or earth | Cliff
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| channel | Wide strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other
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| Cape | Point of land that extends into a river, lake, or ocean
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| A deep and narrow valley with steep walls | canyon
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| part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline generally smaller than a gulf | Bay
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| An area of land drained by a given river and its branches; area of land surrouned by lands of higher elavation | basin
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| Archipelago | A group of islands close together in an ocean or sea
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| Absolute Location | Exact location of a place on earth described by global coordanints (latitude and longitude)
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