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land form vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Archipelago | A group of small islands |
| Bog | Wet muddy ground to soft to support heavy objects |
| Delta | A nearly flat plain of alluvial deposit between diverging branches of the mouth of a river |
| Flood Plain | A low plain by a river that often gets flooded |
| Glacier | A large mass of ice |
| Island | A piece of land surrounded by water |
| Isthmus | A thin strip of land connecting larger land masses |
| Peninsula | A thin strip of land going into a body of water |
| Plain | A flat area of land with few trees |
| Plateau | A flat elevated area of land |
| Rifts | A fault separating blocks of the earths surface |
| Strait | A narrow strip of water connecting two larger bodies of water |
| Tributary | A river going into another body of water |
| Fjord | A long narrow inlet of sea between high ciffs |