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Geographyterms
| Definition | Answer |
|---|---|
| Part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally smaller than a gulf | Bay |
| Elevated land with sloping sides and rounded summit; generally smaller than a mountain | Hill |
| Flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth | Delta |
| a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely | Harbor |
| small river or stream that flows into a large river or stream, a branch of the river | Tributary |
| Area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation, about 300-3000 feet high | Plateau |
| Body of land jutting into a lake or ocean surrounded on three sides by water | Peninsula |
| a large group or chain of islands | Archipelago |
| Body of water between a coastline and one or more islands off the coast | Sound |
| part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally larger and more deeply intended then a bay | Isthmus |
| narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water | Strait |
| broad flat topped landform with steep sides; smaller then a plateau | Mesa |
| area of low land between hills or mountains | Valley |
| distance east or west of the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees | Longitude |
| distance north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees | Latitude |
| mountains created as liquid rock or ash erupts from inside the earth | Volcano |
| area of level land, usally at low elevation and often covered with grasses | Plain |
| large natural stream of water that runs through land | River |
| a sizable inland body of water | Lake |
| (of a river) place where a stream or river flows into a larger body of water | Mouth |
| a place where a river or a stream begins often in the highlands | Source |
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