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Geography Geography TermsTerms
a region of little rainfall a region of little rainfall where few plants and where few plants and
animals liveanimals live
DesertDesert
a high area of land with a high area of land with steep sides and a sharp steep sides and a sharp
peakpeak
MountaMountainin
a raised part of the earth’s a raised part of the earth’s surface that is lower than a surface that is lower than a
mountainmountain
HillHill
a body of water that a body of water that extends into landextends into land
BayBay
one of the seven great land one of the seven great land masses on earthmasses on earth
ContinenContinentt
a piece of land that is a piece of land that is surrounded by watersurrounded by water
IslandIsland
a flat area of land that is a flat area of land that is higher than the land higher than the land
around itaround it
PlateauPlateau
an inland body of fresh or an inland body of fresh or salt watersalt water
LakeLake
a large, low area of flat or a large, low area of flat or rolling land with few treesrolling land with few trees
PlainPlain
a deep valley with steep a deep valley with steep sidessides
CanyonCanyon
a raised area with steep a raised area with steep sides and a large, flat topsides and a large, flat top
MesaMesa
an area of low land an area of low land between mountains and between mountains and
hillshills
ValleyValley
a narrow body of water a narrow body of water that connects two larger that connects two larger
bodies of waterbodies of water
StraitStrait
an area of land that is an area of land that is nearly surrounded by nearly surrounded by
waterwater
PeninsPeninsulaula
a long body of water that a long body of water that flows over landflows over land
RiverRiver
a low, wet area where a low, wet area where trees and high shrubs growtrees and high shrubs grow
SwampSwamp
Regions of the United Regions of the United StatesStates
Swampy areas