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A landform rising high above the ground
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mountain
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A deep valley with high, steep sides
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canyon
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A wide, flat area.
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plain
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A flat land that is higher than the land around it
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plateau
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A large body of salt water
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ocean
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A small river or stream
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tributary
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A body of water surrounded by land
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lake
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A natural body of moving water
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river
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The mass of land that forms at the mouth of a river
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delta
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a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
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bay
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an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
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canal
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a region so dry because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all
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desert
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mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly
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glacier
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a portion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land.
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gulf
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a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
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island
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tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent
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isthmus
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the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
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Mountain pass
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Where the river meets the ocean
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mouth
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a series of more or less connected mountains ranged in a line.
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Mountain range
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an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
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peninsula
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A level, mostly treeless tract of land characterized by a highly fertile soil and originally covered with coarse grasses.
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prairie
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a vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc
a vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc., are expelled, either continuously or at irregular intervals.
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volcano
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North, south, east, west
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Cardinal directions
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Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest, etc
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Intermediate directions
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explanatory table of symbols used on a map or chart; also called map legend
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key
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Designing something in portion to a standard measurement;
ie: 1 inch = 1 mile
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scale
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Map that shows the transition of a political map over time
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Historical map
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A map that shows the entire globe
A map that shows the entire globe. It changes the spherical image into a cylindrical one.
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Mercator
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Map that shows the altitude in colors
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Physical map
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Map that shows the boundaries of states or nations
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Political map
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Map that you can touch to find the altitude
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relief
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Map that shows the major interstates and highways
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Road Map
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the great circle on a planet whose plane is perpendicular to the axis, equidistant everywhere from the two poles of the planet
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equator
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Half of the globe
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hemisphere
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angular distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured by the angle between the meridian of a particular place
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longitude
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the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measured on the meridian of the point.
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latitude
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the longitude running through Greenwich, England, from which longitude east and west is determined.
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Prime meridian
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