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| Region | area of land that shares a common feature |
| Physical features | parts of the land made by nature |
| Cultural features | parts of the land made or changed by human beings |
| Continents | The seven largest land masses |
| Cape | a piece of land projecting into a body of water. |
| Islands | land smaller than continents surrounded by water |
| Archipelago | chain of islands. |
| Peninsula | piece of land surrounded on three sides by water. |
| Isthmus | narrow strip of land joining two larger land masses. |
| Strait | a narrow stretch of water connecting two larger bodies of water. |
| Plateaus | high, flat area of land. |
| Plains | level or rolling lands lower than mountains, hills or plateaus. |
| Ocean | largest body of salt water in the world. |
| Sea | area of salt water partly surrounded by land. |
| Gulf | an area of ocean that reaches deep within a land mass. |
| Bay | a bay is similar to a gulf but smaller. |
| Lake | body of fresh water surrounded by land. |
| River | large natural stream of water that flows into an ocean, lake, or other body of water. |
| Desert | less than 10 inches of rain per year. |
| Steppe | semi-dry, 10-12 inches of rain, short grasses. |
| Mediterranean | hot, dry summers, mild and rainy winters, long growing season. |
| Tropical rain forest | rainy and warm all year, heavy vegetation. |
| Tropical savannah | always hot but with wet and dry seasons, grasses and trees. |
| Humid subtropical | mild winters, humid summers, mixed forests. |
| Humid continental | hot summers, cold winters, located in the middle of land masses. |
| Humid marine | mild, rainy winters, cool, rainy summers, mixed forests. |
| Subarctic | long, cold winters, cool, rainy summers, mixed forests. |
| Tundra | temperatures below 50 degress F all year, permafrost. |
| Ice Caps | constant cold, below freezing, snow all year long. |
| permafrost | the ground below the surface always frozen. |
