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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Spit | a long narrow sandy point of land projecting into water |
| archipelago | group of islands |
| arm | an inlet from the sea |
| breakwater | a wall built in the water to break the force of waves |
| atoll | a small island shaped like a ring |
| cinder cone | a cone shape mass made of volcanic material |
| dike | earth built up along the river |
| fjord | a deep narrow inlet from the sea |
| crag | a projecting piont of rock |
| dale | a small valley |
| dell | a small sheltered valley |
| gulch | narrow rocky valley |
| knob | a hill |
| isthmus | a narrow piece of land |
| knoll | a smooth round mound |
| precipice | a very steep hill |
| shoal | a sandbar above water in lowtid |
| warf | a large dock |
| table land | a level area of high land |
| timberline | where tree don't grow on the mountain |
| vale | low land between two hills |