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2.  Definition: A large group of islands.  Sentence: The Hawaiian Islands make up an archipelago. 2

3.  Definition: a ring- shaped coral island that surrounds a lagoon.  Sentence: Bikini Atoll is located in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. 3

4.  Definition: a large body of water connected to an ocean or sea.  Sentence: The Bay of Bengal is the largest bay in the world. 4

5.  Definition: an isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a small, relatively flat top.  Sentence: The Devils Tower is a butte located in northeastern Wyoming. 5

6.  Definition: an artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation.  Sentence: The Panama Canal was completed in 1914. 6

7.  Definition: a headland or a promontory of large size extending into a body of water, usually the sea.  Cape Canaveral was chosen for rocket launches to take advantage of the Earth's rotation 7

8.  Definition: a body of water that connects two larger bodies of water.  Sentence: The English Channel connects the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. 8

9.  Definition: a landform at the mouth of a river created by sediment deposits.  Sentence: The Nile Delta in Northern Egypt is where the Nile River drains in to the Mediterranean Sea. 9

10.  Definition: a narrow inlet of the sea set between high, rocky cliffs.  Sentence: Norway’s Sogne Fjord is over 100 miles long. 10

11.  Definition: a spring that shoots hot water and steam into the air.  Sentence: Old Faithful is a geyser located in Yellowstone National Park. 11

12.  Definition: a large bay that is an arm of an ocean or sea.  Sentence: The U.S. states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida border the Gulf of Mexico on the north. 12

13.  Definition: a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land masses.  Sentence: The Isthmus of Panama connects North America and South America. 13

14.  Definition: land covered with dense vegetation dominated by trees.  Sentence: The Amazon is the largest jungle in the world. 14

15.  Definition: a large inland body of fresh water or salt water.  Sentence: Lake Martin is located in Tallapoosa, Elmore and Coosa counties in Alabama 15

16.  Definition: a low poorly drained land that is sometimes flooded and often lies at the edge of lakes, streams, etc.  Sentence: The coastal marshes in southwest Alabama provide valuable habitat to a wide array of wildlife. 16

17.  Definition: A broad, flat-topped elevation with one or more cliff- like sides, common in the southwest United States.  Sentence: Tucumcari Mountain is a mesa outside of Tucumcari, New Mexico. 17

18.  Definition: a piece of land surrounded on three sides by water.  Sentence: The state of Florida is a peninsula. 18

19.  Definition: a large area of level or nearly level land.  Sentence: Many plains, such as the Great Plains that stretch across much of central North America, are grasslands. 19

20.  Definition: a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.  Sentence: The largest and highest plateau in the world is the Tibetan Plateau. 20

21.  Definition: an extensive flat or rolling area dominated by grasses.  Sentence: The Central Valley of California is a prairie. 21

22.  Definition: a region of water within an ocean and partly enclosed by land.  Sentence: The Bering Sea is a part of the Pacific Ocean. 22

23.  Definition: a sound is a wide inlet of the sea or ocean that is parallel to the coastline; it often separates a coastline from a nearby island.  Sentence: Puget Sound is a sound along the northwestern coast of the U.S. state of Washington. 23

24.  Definition: a treeless area beyond the timberline in high- latitude regions.  Sentence: Arctic tundra occurs in the far Northern Hemisphere, north of the taiga belt. 24

25.  Definition: a low place between mountains.  Sentence: Yosemite Valley was carved out by glaciers. 25