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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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