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Geography
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| waterfall | water falling from a height |
| river | stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea |
| lake | a large area of water surrounded by land |
| stream | a small, narrow river |
| beach | a pebbly or sandy shore |
| sea | salt water covering most of the earth |
| island | a piece of land surrounded by water |
| coral reef | rock in the sea formed by the grown coral |
| volcano | a mountain having a crater through which lava is erupted |
| lava | hot semi-fluid rock erupted from a volcano |
| geyser | a hot spring with boiling water |
| hot springs | a spring of naturally hot water |
| crater | a large bowl-shaped cavity in the ground |
| pyroclastic flow | a mass of very hot ash |
| forest | a large area covered with trees |
| jungle | land overgrown with forest, typically in the tropics |
| savannah | a grassy area in Africa, with few trees |
| desert | a waterless area of land, typically covered with sand |
| grassland | a large open area covered with grass |
| swamp | an area of low-lying ground with collected water |
| rainforest | rich forest found typically in tropical areas |
| tundra | treeless frozen Arctic region |
| polar landscape | regions surrounding the North and South Poles |
| mountain range | series of mountains or hills ranged in a line |
| mountain | a large hill |
| hill | a low mountain |
| valley | a low area of land between hills or mountains |
| cliff | a steep rock, especially at the edge of the sea |
| landscape | features of an area of land |
| soil | the upper layer of earth in which plants grow |
| rocks | stones |
| sand | a major constituent of beaches and deserts |
| clay | sticky earth that can be moulded into bricks or pottery |
| continents | the earth's main areas of land |
| tectonic plates | one of the parts of the earth moving in relation to each other |
| earthquake | a sudden movement of the earth |
| tsunami | an extremely large wave |
| Earth | one of the planets |
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Oksana Galuga
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