| A | B |
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| Archipelago | Islands clustered together |
| Arctic Circle | Imaginary line about 66 degrees north of the equator. Cold and Harsh |
| Atoll | Coral reef enclosing a lagoon (Oceania and the Gilbert Islands) |
| Bay | Area of a ocean, sea, lake, etc. that extends into land. Usually smaller than gulfs (San Francisco Bay, North America) |
| Canyon | Deep, narrow, steep-sided valley, often with a river on its floor (Grand Canyon) |
| Cape | Piece of land ectending beyond the rest of the shoreline into the ocean. (Cape of Good Hope, Africa) |
| Climate | All theweather that occurs in an area over a long period of time. It is usually described as a combination of temperature and precipitation |
| Continent | Huge land mass (7 of these) |
| Country | Any independent nation with a name and boundary. |
| Delta | Triangular-shaped area ofsmall islands of sediment that divide a river into smaller parts at its mouth (Nile) |
| Desert | Dry area which receives such as small amount of precipitation that little or no plant life or animal life can survive there permanently. (Sahara) |
| Equator | Imaginary line that circles Earth halfway between the poles. |
| Geography | study of the features of the earth and of the places where plants and animals live and how they affect and are affected by their environments. |
| Glacier | Huge mass of slowly moving ice. |
| Gulf | Large part of an ocean that extends into the land. It is usually larger than a bay. |
| Hemisphere | One half of the earth |
| Hill | Land that rises to a summit no more than 1000 feet. |
| Island | Land completely surrounded by water (Madagascar) |
| Isthmus | Narrow neck of land connecting two larger areas of land. |
| Lake | A body of water surrounded by a lake. Usually filled with fresh water. (Superior) |
| Mountain | Land that rises higher than hills. (Himalayas) |
| Mouth | The lower end of the river where it flows into another body of water. |
| Ocean | Huge areas of salt water (Atlantic) |
| Peninsula | Area of land almost surrounded by water. (Malay) |
| Plain | Large areas of flat or gently rolling, treeless land. (Great Plains) |
| Plateau | Large areas of level land that is usually higher than surrounding land. They are often cut by canyons, and a mountain system is usually located on at least one edge. (Tibet) |
| Poles | Northern and Southernmost points on the earth. |
| Prairie | Flat or rolling land with few trees but covered with grasses |
| Precipitation | Rain .Hail, Sleet, or Snow |
| River | Large amount of flowing fresh water. (Nile) |
| Steppe | Large area that experiences very hot and very cold temperatures and little precipitation, but supports hardy grasses and other plants. |
| Strait | Narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water. (Gibraltar) |
| Summit | Highest point on a hill or mountain. |
| Tributary | stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river |
| Tundra | Treeless plain close to or above the Arctic Circle. The subsoil is frozen. Some vegetation grows in the topsoil when it thaws in summer. |
