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Vocabulary Words 12/5/14

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ARCHIPELAGO

A LARGE GROUP OR CHAIN OF ISLANDS: THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO

ATOLL

A RING-SHAPED CORAL REEF OR A STRING OF CLOSELY SPACED SMALL CORAL ISLANDS, ENCLOSING OR NEARLY ENCLOSING A SHALLOW LAGOON.

BADLANDS

A BARREN AREA IN WHICH SOFT ROCK STRATA ARE ERODED INTO VARIED, FANTASTIC FORMS

BAY

A BODY OF WATER FORMING AN INDENTATION OF THE SHORELINE, LARGER THAN A COVE BUT SMALLER THAN A GULF.

BEACH

AN EXPANSE OF SAND OR PEBBLES ALONG A SHORE.

BUTTE

AN ISOLATED HILL OR MOUNTAIN RISING ABRUPTLY ABOVE THE SURROUNDING LAND.

CANAL

AN ARTIFICIAL WATERWAY FOR NAVIGATION, IRRIGATION, ETC.

CANYON

A DEEP VALLEY WITH STEEP SIDES, OFTEN WITH A STREAM FLOWING THROUGH IT.

CAPE

A SLEEVELESS GARMENT OF VARIOUS LENGTHS, FASTENED AROUND THE NECK AND FALLING LOOSELY FROM THE SHOULDERS, WORN SEPARATELY OR ATTACHED TO A COAT OR OTHER OUTER GARMENT.

CAVE

A HOLLOW IN THE EARTH, ESPECIALLY ONE OPENING MORE OR LESS HORIZONTALLY INTO A HILL, MOUNTAIN, ETC.

CHANNEL

THE BED OF A STREAM, RIVER, OR OTHER WATERWAY.

CLIFF

A HIGH STEEP FACE OF A ROCK.

CONTINENT

ONE OF THE MAIN LANDMASSES OF THE GLOBE, USUALLY RECKONED AS SEVEN IN NUMBER (EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, AND ANTARCTICA)

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