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1.   atlas    a large, inland body of standing water.    a body of land surrounded on all sides by water.    a drawing or picture showing the features of a land mass.    a book of maps. Travelers often carry one on trips.

2.   map    a large body of salt water. The earth contains four that together cover 75% of our planet's surface.    a drawing or picture showing the features of a land mass.    a book of maps. Travelers often carry one on trips.    a tract of grassland

3.   valley    wet, spongy land with abundant plant life. Often home to alligators.    part of an ocean or sea that extends into a land mass. A large one exists south of the U.S. and east of Mexico.    the study of the earth, with the mountains, bodies of water, countries, and people.    the low land between hills.

4.   continent    one of the seven very large land masses of the world.    a natural stream of water that flows to the ocean.    a ball with a map of the whole world on it.    a portion of land surrounded on three sides by water.

5.   peninsula    a land mass that is higher than a hill.    the low land between hills.    a portion of land surrounded on three sides by water.    one of the seven very large land masses of the world.

6.   ocean    a large body of salt water. The earth contains four that together cover 75% of our planet's surface.    an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth. Countries near this line stay hot year-round.    a wide, fairly flat expanse of treeless country. Good land for farming or raising cattle.    dry land that receives very little rainfall and has little vegetation.

7.   geology    a deep valley with high, steep slopes. It often has a stream running through it. There is a grand one in the western U.S.    the study of the earth's crust, strata, and especially rocks.    a natural stream of water that flows to the ocean.    part of an ocean or sea that extends into a land mass. A large one exists south of the U.S. and east of Mexico.

8.   gulf    wet, spongy land with abundant plant life. Often home to alligators.    an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth. Countries near this line stay hot year-round.    part of an ocean or sea that extends into a land mass. A large one exists south of the U.S. and east of Mexico.    the low land between hills.

9.   prairie    a tract of grassland    dry land that receives very little rainfall and has little vegetation.    a book of maps. Travelers often carry one on trips.    a ball with a map of the whole world on it.

10.   island    a body of land surrounded on all sides by water.    a portion of land surrounded on three sides by water.    a drawing or picture showing the features of a land mass.    a tract of grassland

11.   swamp    wet, spongy land with abundant plant life. Often home to alligators.    a wide, fairly flat expanse of treeless country. Good land for farming or raising cattle.    the study of the earth, with the mountains, bodies of water, countries, and people.    a large body of salt water. The earth contains four that together cover 75% of our planet's surface.

12.   desert    dry land that receives very little rainfall and has little vegetation.    a deep valley with high, steep slopes. It often has a stream running through it. There is a grand one in the western U.S.    a body of land surrounded on all sides by water.    one of the seven very large land masses of the world.