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Geography
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geography
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1. A large or small depression in the surface of the land or in the ocean floor
ledge
sea
basin
gorge
2. Highest part of a hill or mountain
isthmus
left bank
topography
summit
3. Any land whose surface gradually rises in general direction
oasis
slope
reservoir
estuary
4. A passageway of water connecting two large bodies of water
strait
cavern
terrace
reservoir
5. The line where the land meets the water
locks
divide
shoreline
pond
6. A small wood without underbrush
plain
grove
headland
shoreline
7. An inlet of the sea or other body of water usually smaller than a gulf
timberline
bay
downstream
levee
8. A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier
Vale
breakers
seaport
iceberg
9. Land bordering the sea - a lake - or a large river
field
ridge
shore
plain
10. A large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
gorge
pool
glacier
pond
11. Island or reef that doesn't stick up very far above the water
keys
ridge
Woods
topography
12. Direction from which a stream is flowing
bay
right bank
timber
Upstream
13. A bowl-shaped depression formed by an impact or around the orifice of a volcano
drainage basin
pasture
terrace
crater
14. The edge at the top of a steep place
bank
fjord
brink
pool
15. Opening through hills or mountains used as a route for highways or railroads
Vegetation
pass
breakers
gorge
16. Tapering piece of land projecting sharply into a stream or body of water
island
reef
point
ridge
17. A natural stream of water normally smaller than an often tributary to a river
Woods
creek
tide
gulf
18. Area of level land where grass is grown and usually cut for hay
crag
mouth
meadow
oasis
19. Arid land with usually sparse vegetation; especially such land having a very warm climate and receiving less than 25 cm of sporadic rainfall annually
desert
field
cove
gulch
20. A deep - narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through
canyon
divide
grove
rapids
21. A long - narrow bank of sand in a body of water
current
sandbar
divide
pool
22. Alternate rise and fall of the water level of a lake or ocean caused by gravitational pull of the moon on the earth
slope
Volcano
Waves
tide
23. A water passage where the tide meets a river or current; especially; the arm of the sea of the lower end of a river
cave
estuary
desert
bluff
24. Area of open wasteland - often swampy
terrace
cinder cone
moor
headland
25. A large body of water partly or nearly surrounded by land
fall line
rapids
bayou
sea
26. A hill at the foot of higher hills
lagoon
field
foothill
crater
27. A point of usually high land jutting out into a body of water
Vegetation
pool
headland
soil
28. A line joining the waterfalls on numerous rivers that marks the point where each river descends from the upland to the lowland and the limit of the navigability of the river
delta
fall line
estuary
dam
29. The angular distance of something above the sea
tundra
river mouth
elevation
gulf
30. One of the 6 or 7 great divisions of land on the globe
Watershed
earth
brink
continent
31. Portion of earth's surface above the level of the sea or ocean
Tunnel
pass
land
moor
32. The apparent junction of earth and sky
Watershed
horizon
altitude
crag
33. A long and rather narrow body of water - larger than a strait - connecting two large bodies of water or separating a large island from the mainland
sound
desert
pasture
Waterfall
34. A barrier preventing the flow of water or of solid materials (as snow and ice)
summit
river source
dam
peninsula
35. A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
cave
meadow
dune
shore
36. A dense growth of trees and underbrush covering a large tract
bluff
arm
forest
cultivated land
37. A creek - secondary water course or minor river that is tributary to another body of water
summit
bayou
Vegetation
sea
38. A narrow passage though land; especially: a narrow steep-walled canyon or part of a canyon
Waves
dike
Upstream
gorge
39. Fertile spot within a desert watered by underground springs or by irrigation
oasis
brink
pasture
forest
40. An area of low - wet - poorly drained land
marsh
latitude
bay
fjord
41. A very steep - vertical or overhanging face of rock - earth or ice
timber
junction
cliff
Woods
42. To have prepared or prepared and used for the raising of crops
cultivated land
shore
beach
Upstream
43. Large level - or nearly level - area of elevated land
harbor
Volcano
plateau
dam
44. Series of rocks in a body of water - the tops of which are slightly beneath - or at - the surface
reef
cove
river mouth
oasis
45. The land between hills or mountains - usually containing a stream
Valley
prairie
plateau
peak
46. A large dock from which ships may load or unload
steppe
sea level
isthmus
Wharf
47. Surface features of a region (hills - rivers - roads - etc.)
topography
oasis
pasture
hill
48. Large stream of water of natural origin which drains an area of land and flows into another river or body of water
river
Whirlpool
lagoon
oasis
49. Moving ridge of water which rises and falls
Waves
divide
marsh
keys
50. Chain of mountains
snowline
mountain chain
mine
dike
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