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10250180562ArchipelagoA body of water with many scattered islands.0
10250185563CanalA waterway passage for ships and boats to conduct irrigation and drain excess water.1
10250221373CapeA high point of land that leads into a body of water.2
10250262418Eastern HemisphereThe side of the Earth that lies east from the Atlantic Ocean. Includes Europe, Australia, Asia, and Africa.3
10250927943Western HemisphereThe side of the Earth that lies in the west and includes North and South America.4
10250953960PeninsulaA small section of land that is surrounded by a body of water and connected to the main island only on one side.5
10251085337Terrace FarmingA type of farming where crops and plants are planted in terraces on the sides of hills and mountains.6
10251126250River ValleyA V shaped valley with a channel of water running between it.7
10252100992LatitudeThe distance between the north and the south equator.8
10252126672LongitudeThe distance between the east and west of a specific location.9
10252371061DesertificationLand degradation where dry areas of land lose their bodies of water, wildlife, and vegetation.10
10252402752EthnocentricViewing and judging cultures based on stereotypes and none to minimal research.11
10252436906ArableAn area that is capable of producing crops, like soil.12
10252447605IsthmusA long, narrow strip of land that is surrounded by a body of water.13
10252453222GulfA curved section of water that borders around a piece of land.14
10252457823PlateauAn elevated piece of land that lays flat but rises at one point in either the middle or sides.15
10252470981DeforestationThe clearance of a forest and or a heavily dense tree-filled area.16

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