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Cape | a piece of land jutting into the sea or some other large body of water. |
Fjord | A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as in Norway and Iceland, typically formed by submergence of a glaciated valley |
Basin | the catchment area of a particular river and its tributaries or of a lake or sea |
Geyser | a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground |
Tundra | the large flat areas of land in the north of Russia, Canada etc, where it is very cold and there are no trees |
Butte | a hill with steep sides and a flat top in the western US |
Plateau | a large area of flat land that is higher than the land around it |
Mesa | a hill with a flat top and steep sides, in the southwestern US |
Delta | an area of low land where a river spreads into many smaller rivers near the sea |
Atoll | a CORAL island in the shape of a ring |
Archipelago | a group of small islands |
Lagoon | a lake of sea water that is partly separated from the sea by rocks, sand, or CORAL |
Isthmus | a narrow piece of land with water on both sides, that connects two larger areas of land |
Strait | narrow passage of water between two areas of land, usually connecting two seas: |