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Archipelago | A bunch of islands grouped together in the sea or ocean. |
Bay | A small area of water that is partly surrounded by land. |
Beach | A sandy or rocky piece of land next to the ocean, sea, or lake. |
Butte | A lonely, isolated rocky mountain with a small flat top. |
Mesa | A lonely, isolated mountain with a large flat top. |
Canyon | A deep, thin valley with steep, rocky sides. |
Cave | An underground place mostly made up of rocks and crystals. |
Cape | A pointed piece of land that projects from a coastline. |
Cliff | A very big, tall, steep rock. |
Crevasse | A deep crack on the top of a glacier or in the ground that was made by an earthquake. |
Delta | A fan shaped deposit of mud and sand. It is often green with many plants and is found at the mouth of many rivers. |
Desert | A sandy place where there are barely any animals and rain. |
Dune | A big pile of loose sand. It can sometimes be found in deserts or seashores. |
Forest | An area covered with trees and many plants. This can also be called woodlands or woods. |
Geyser | A naturally hot spring that shoots out extremely hot water and steam into the air. |
Glacier | A great mass of ice slowly sliding down a mountain slope or through a valley. |
Grasslands | Vast open plains. |
Gulch | A small, narrow bumpy ravine. |
Gulf | A large area of ocean or sea that is partially surrounded by land. |
Hill | A round piece of land that is smaller than a mountain. |
Iceberg | A large piece of ice that has broken off from a glacier. |
Island | A piece of land that is completely surrounded by water. |
Isthmus | A narrow strip of land that connects two large areas of land and sepaprates two large bodies of water. |
Jungle | A place that has a lot of trees, tropical food, other plants, and animals. |
Key | A very small, low, offshore island or reef. |
Lake | A body of water surrounded by land. |
Marsh | A low spongy wet land covered with a lot of tall grasses and reeds. |
Mountain | A big hunk of rocks. |
Ocean | The ocean is made of salt water. The ocean is almost three quarters of the earth. |
Palisade | A group of high, steep cliffs. |
Peninsula | A piece of land that juts far out into the water and is almost totally surrounded by water. |
Plain | A wide area of flat, treeless, grassy land. |
Plateau | A large high piece of land that rises sharply above surrounding land. |
Rapids | Stretches of water, like a stream, but they run very fast and crash against rocks in their path. |
Reef | A thin group of rocks, sand, and coral found in the ocean just above or just below the water. |
River | A long, large stream. |
Sandbank or sandbar | Sand built up by tides and currents. |
Sea | A large body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean. |
Sound | An inlet linking two large bodies of water or separating an island from the mainland. |
Strait | A narrow waterway that connects two larger bodies of water. |
Stream | A body of flowing water. |
Swamp | A marsh with trees, water, and quicksand. |
Tundra | An area of flat land with no trees. It is very cold. |
Valley | The low area between hills or mountains. |
Volcano | An opening in the Earth's crust through which ashes, hot gases, and lava erupt and come out. |
Waterfall | A big stream that is strong and mighty and falls over the edge of a cliff. |
Zones | A broad belt of climate and geography that encircles the earth. There are five different zones. |