20 landforms and bodies of water
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| an opening in the Earth, usually raised, through which gases and lava escape the Earth's interior | volcano
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| a body of land surrounded by water | island
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| flat land near the edge of rivers formed by mud and sit deposited by floods | flood plain
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| an area of land that is saturated by water | swamp
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| a broad, flat area of land higher than the surrounding land | plateau
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| a dry area where few plants grow | desert
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| a triangular area of land formed from deposits at the mouth of a river | delta
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| solft, wet, low-lying, grassy land that serves as a transition between water and land | marsh
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| a wide, flat-topped mountain with steep sides; larger than butte | mesa
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| a narrow, deep valley with steep sides | canyon
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| the place where a river flows into a lake or ocean | river mouth
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| a sheltered area of water, deep enough for docking ships | harbor
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| a pointed peice of land extending into an ocean or lake | cape
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| a large, level area of grassland with few or no trees | prarie
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| a steep, almost vertical edge of a hill, mountain, or plain | cliff
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| natural elevation of the Earth's surface with steep sides and greater height than a hill | mountain
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| low land between hills or mountains | valley
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| a large ice mass that moves slowly down a mountin or over land | glacier
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| a narrow strip of water connecting two large bodies of water | strait
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| a spot of fertile land in a desert, fed by water from wells or undergroud springs. | oasis
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