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A vast, contiguous body of salt water covering more than 70% of the Earth's surface area and surrounding the continental landmasses, or a portion of this larger body of water that is divided and distinguished from the other portions, each of which is called an ____, by the presence of the landmasses. | Ocean | 95%
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A collection of islands in a sea. | Archipelago | 89%
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A bound collection of maps | Atlas | 89%
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The mixture of gases, aerosols, solid particles, and water vapor that envelops the Earth | Atmosphere | 89%
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The imaginary circle around the Earth halfway between the geographic poles which is assigned a latitude of zero degrees and is therefore used as a reference point for all other lines of latitude. It is the largest circumference of the Earth. | Equator | 89%
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The scientific study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. | Geography | 89%
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Half of the Earth, usually conceived as resulting from the division of the globe into two equal parts of either north and south or east and west. | Hemisphere | 89%
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A natural watercourse, usually freshwater, that flows towards an ocean, sea, lake, another ____, or in some cases into the ground. | River | 89%
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The Only country that start with y | Yemen | 89%
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A thick mass of ice resulting from compacted snow that forms when more snow accumulates than melts annually | Glacier | 79%
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Any landform that extends above the surrounding terrain is called a ___ is generally considered less steep than a mountain | Hill | 74%
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The height of an object in the atmosphere above sea level. | Altitude | 68%
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The broad lower course of a river where it enters the ocean and is affected by the tides | Estuary | 63%
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Any broad, flat expanse of land that generally does not show significant variation in elevation. | Plain | 63%
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A true-to-scale map of the Earth that duplicates its round shape and correctly represents areas, relative sizes, and shapes of physical features, distances, and directions. | Globe | 53%
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A pattern of lines on a chart or map, such as those representing latitude and longitude, which helps determine absolute location | Grid | 26%
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The collective non-living parts of the Earth: the lithosphere, the atmosphere, the cryosphere, and the hydrosphere. | Geosphere | 21%
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Precipitation that results when moist air is lifted over a topographic barrier, such as a mountain range | Orographic or Relief | 11%
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A geological fold that has an arch-like convex shape and its oldest beds near its center, often visible at the Earth's surface in exposed rock strata. | Anticline | 5%
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Another name for physical geography | Physiography | 5%
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An area of diminished precipitation on the lee (downwind) side of a mountain or mountain range | Rainshadow | 5%
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