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Geography from A to Z Terms
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one of the vast, grassy plains of southeast Europe and Asia, having few trees.

2.
a large body of saltwater that is smaller than an ocean.

3.
a pointed piece of land that projects from a coastline.

4.
a piece of land that is smaller than a continent and completely surrounded by water.

5.
the sandy or rocky land at the edge of an ocean, sea, or lake.

6.
a rugged, upthrust mass of rock that looms high above the surrounding land.

7.
a narrow waterway that connects two larger bodies of water.

8.
small tropical islands and reefs that encircle shallow pools of seawater called lagoons.

9. a shallow place in a stream where people and animals can safely wade from one bank to the other.

10.
a high, prominent point on a rocky coastline.

11.
an underwater mountain.

12.
a long, large stream. Major rivers have many tributary streams and rivers flowing into them.

13.
a hollow chamber eaten into a coastal cliff by the pounding power of crashing waves.

14.
a sheer, steep face of rock or earth.

15.
a large inlet of ocean or sea that is partially surrounded by land.

16.
a narrow strip of land that connects two much larger areas of land and narrowly separates two large bodies of water.

17.
an underwater ridge of sand built up by tide and currents.

18.
a very dry and desolate land that receives little or no rainfall.

19.
a region thickly covered with trees and abundant underbrush.

20.
a hollow underground chamber, usually one with an opening in the side of a hill or mountain.

21.
a hot, humid, tropical rain forest.

22.
a long, narrow inlet of the sea between tall, rocky cliffs.

23.
an isolated, rocky hill or mountain with a small flat top.

24.
The entire body of salt water that covers nearly three-quarters of the earth's surface.

25.
a naturally hot spring that shoots scalding water and team high into the air.