archipelago: a large group atoll: a ring of coral that badlands: wasteland that

of islands encloses a pool of seawater has been carved into

unusual shapes by wind
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bay: a body of water that beach: a rocky or sandy butte: an isolated hill with canyon: a deep valley with
extends into the land edge of land along a body sloping sides and a small, steep sides
of water flat top

cape: a point of land that cave: a hollow area in the channel: a body of water cliff: a high, steep face of
juts out into water earth with an opening to the that connects two larger rock or earth
outside bodies of water
continent: one of the seven delta: a fan-shaped deposit desert: a region of little dune: a hill of sand formed
great land masses on earth of sand and mud at the rainfall where few plants by blowing wind
mouth of a river and animals live

fjord: a long, narrow inlet of forest: a large area of land geyser: a spring that spouts glacier: a large mass of ice
the sea between cliffs or covered with trees and hot water and steam from that moves very slowly
slopes other plants time to time down a mountain or through
a valley

gulf: a large body of salt hill: a raised part of the iceberg: a huge block of island: a piece of land that
water that is partly enclosed earthʼs surface that is lower floating ice that has broken is surrounded by water
by land than a mountain off a glacier
isthmus: a narrow strip of jungle: an area of thick, lagoon: a shallow body of lake: an inland body of fresh
land that connects two tangled plants usually found water that is partly cut off or salt water
larger land areas near a river or a swamp from the sea

marsh: a low, wet area mesa: a raised area with mountain: a high area of ocean: the body of salt
where grasses, rushes and steep sides and a large, flat land with steep sides and a water that covers most of
cattails grow top sharp peak the earth

peninsula: an area of land plain: a large, low area of plateau: a flat area of land prairie: a region of flat or
that is nearly surrounded by flat or rolling land with few that is higher than the land hilly land covered by tall
water trees around it grasses
river: a long body of water sea: a body of salt water sound: a long wide ocean strait: a narrow body of
that flows over land that is partly enclosed by inlet water that connects two
land larger bodies of water

swamp: a low, wet area tundra: a cold, dry, treeless valley: an area of low land volcano: a hole in the
where trees and high region where mosses, between mountains or hills earthʼs crust through which
shrubs grow grasses and lichens grow lava, gasses and ash are
released

waterfall: a stream of water

that falls from a high place