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- cayon
- deep and barrow valley with steep walls
- absolute location
- exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates
- continent
- one of the seven large landmassses on the earth
- lake
- a sizeable inland body of water.
- downstream
- direction in which a river or downstream flows its source to its mouth
- channel
- wide strait or waterway between two land masses that lie close to each other; deep part of a river or other waterway.
- map
- drawing of the earth shown on a flat surface
- highland
- elevated land area such as a hill, moutain, or plateau
- lowland
- land,usually level,at a low elevation
- glacier
- large,thick body of slowly moving ice.
- divide
- stretch of high land that separates river systems
- cliff
- steep, high wall of rock,earth, or ice.
- basin
- area of land drained by a given river and its branches; area of lands of higher elevations.
- cape
- point of land that extends into a river,lake, or ocean
- isthmus
- narrow stretch of land connecting two lager land areas
- bay
- part of a large body of water that extends into a shore line; generally smaller than a gulf.
- elevation
- height of land above sea level
- equator
- imaginary line that runs around the earth halfway between the north and south poles; used as the starting point to measure degrees of north and south latitude.
- island
- land area, smaller than a continent, completely surrounded by water
- delta
- flat,low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth.
- longitude
- distance east or west of the Prime Meridian measured in degrees
- hill
- elevated land with sloping sides and rounded summit; generally smaller than a moutain
- harbor
- a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely
- latitude
- distance north or south of the equator , measured in degrees
- gulf
- part of a large body that extends into a shoreline,generally larger and more deeply indented thann a lay