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one of five major bodies of salt water that surround the continents

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Gulf A body of water generally

smaller than an ocean

A body of water partially enclosed by land, smaller than a gulf Bay of Biscay

narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water

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Delta (mouth)

• An area of land at the end of a river that forms usually triangular in shape.

• It usually has fertile soil called silt.

place where a river widens & flows into a larger body of water

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small river or stream that flows into a large river

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large body of ice that moves across the surface of the earth

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mountains, hills, plateaus, plains

• A series (group) of peaks higher than hills.

ElevationElevation Height of land above sea level

Valley • Long low area of land between mountains

or hills (often has a river flowing through it)

Waipi’o Valley Hawaii

Death Valley California

a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain

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area of high, usually flat land but

can be rolling

Colorado Plateau

Zion National Park, Utah

A large area of flat, level land, (low elevation) and often covered with grasses

http://www.great-adventures.com/images/tanzania/Unending%20Plain.jpg

land suitable for growing crops

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PeninsulaA large piece of land that is nearly surrounded by

water (at least 3 sides)

narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areasareas

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Body of land completely surrounded by water

a group of islands

area that receives less than 10 inches of rain in a year

Sand Dunes, Australia

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FIND AND LABEL THE FOLLOWING ON YOUR MAP

• Ocean

• Gulf

• Bay

• Strait

• Delta

• Tributary

• Glacier

• Coast

• Mountain

range

• Valley

• Plateau

• Plain

• Peninsula

• Isthmus

• Island

• Archipelago

• Cape

• Desert