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Landforms
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| term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Archipelago | a large group or chain of islands |
| Bog | wet,spongy ground with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter |
| Delta | a nearly flat plain of alluvial deposit between diverging branches of the mouth of the river often of through, not necessarily, triangular |
| Fjord | a long narrow arm of the sea bordered by steep cliffs, usually formed by glacier erosion |
| Flood Plain | an area of low laying ground adjacent to a river, formed mainly of river sediments and subject to flooding |
| Glacier | an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains as valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers |
| Island | a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent |
| Isthmus | a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting to larger bodies of land |
| Peninsula | an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland |
| Plain | a large area of flat land with few trees |
| Plateau | a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyon |
| Rifts | a major fault separating blocks on earth |
| Strait | a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water |
| Tributary | a stream that flows to a larger stream or body of water |
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