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Land&Water 3
Could know land and water vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Butte | an isolated hill or mountain rising abruptly above the surrounding land |
| Atoll | a ring-shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced small coral islands, enclosing or nearly enclosing a shallow lagoon |
| Archipelago | a large group or chain of islands |
| Mesa | a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico |
| Sound | a relatively narrow passage of water between larger bodies of water or between the mainland and an island |
| Strait | a relatively narrow passage of water between larger bodies of water or between the mainland and an island |
| Channel | a wide strait, as between a continent and an island |
| Canal | an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc |
| Fjord | a long, narrow arm of the sea bordered by steep cliffs: usually formed by glacial erosion |
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