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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A corral island consisting of a reef surrounded by a lagoon. | Atoll |
| an inlet of the sea or body of water, usually smaller than a gulf. | Bay |
| Man made waterway constructed for navigation or for the movement of water. | Canal |
| A point or extension of land jutting into the water that is usually smaller or thinner than a peninsula. | Cape |
| narrow valley with high steep sides, usually with a stream in the bottom. | Canyon |
| A place where water from an aquifer had reached the surface that supports vegetation and wildlife.(deserts) | Oasis |
| A sheltered area of water deep enough for docking ships. | Harbor |
| A step like series of waterfalls. | Cataract |
| A raised, flat area of land with steep cliffs, smaller than a mesa. | Butte |
| Flat land near the edge of rivers formed by mud and silt deposited by floods. | Flood plains or Marsh |
| A wide, flat topped mountain with steep sides, larger than a butte. | Mesa |
| A lowland region that is saturated by water. | Swamp |
| The source is the place the river begins, usually in the highlands. | River source |
| Part of a river where its waters empty into a large body of water. | River mouth |
| A body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean. | Sea |
| A narrow waterway that connects 2 bodies of water. | Strait |
| Flat land extending many miles inland and drained or watered by a large river and its tributaries. | Valley |
| A stream feeding into a large body of water. | Tributory |
| Series of horizontal ridges in a hillside to increase farming(man made) | Terrace |
| A group of islands | Archipelago |
| Soil deposited at mouth of river where stream loses velocity(forms triangle) | Delta |
| Large area of sea or ocean and larger than bay. | Gulf |
| Body of land smaller than a continent, surrounded by water. | Island |
| Narrow piece of land that connects 2 large land masses. | Isthmus |
| Narrow inter of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes (made by glaciers) | Fjord |
| Row of connected mountains | Mountain range |
| Portion of land nearly surrounded by water and connected by a larger body of mass(bigger than a cape) | Peninsula |
| Large area of level or nearly level land. | Plain |
| Elevated level or nearly level portion of earths surface.Looks like a flat mountaintop. | Plateau |
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