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  CONTINENT
  --------------------------------------------------
  CONTINENTAL BASIN               CONTINENTAL BORDERLAND               
  CONTINENTAL DIVIDE              CONTINENTAL DRIFT
  CONTINENTAL MARGIN              CONTINENTAL RISE
  CONTINENTAL SHELF               CONTINENTAL SLOPE  

  LAND BRIDGE                     LANDMASS


  OCEAN
  --------------------------------------------------
  ABYSSAL PLAIN                   DRIFT ICE
  INSULAR SHELF                   INSULAR SLOPE
  MARINE TERRACE                  MEAN SEA LEVEL
  MID-OCEAN RIDGE                 MID-OCEAN RIFT
  MID-OCEAN RISE                  PACK ICE
  
  ARCHIPELAGO                     ATOLL
  BARRIER REEF                    BARRIER ISLAND
  CAY                             CORAL REEF
  ISLAND                          KEY
  



  BEACH
  COAST                           COASTAL REGION                       
  ------------------------------------------------
  BACKSHORE                       BAR
  BARRIER BEACH                   BARRIER ICE
  BLOHOLE  COASTLINE              COASTAL PLAIN
  COMPOSITE COAST                 CRESCENT BEACH
  GROIN                           JETTY
  LITTORAL DRIFT                  LONGSHORE BAR
  OFFSHORE BEACH                  

  BAY                             DELTA
  EMBAYMENT                       ESTUARY
  FJORD                           GULF
  INLET                           LAGOON
  SALT MARSH                    



  DESERT                          DESERT REGION
  ------------------------------------------------
  ANCHORED DUNE                   BLOWOUT DUNE
  CLIMBING DUNE                   DESRT DOME
  DUNE COMPLEX                    FALLING DUNE
  LONGITUDINAL DUNE
  SAND DUNE
  


  MOUNTAIN                        MOUNTAIN CHAIN
  --------------------------------------------------
  BLOCK MOUNTAIN                  COMPLEX MOUNTAIN
  DOME MOUNTAIN                   FAULT-BLOCK MOUNTAIN            
  FOLDED MOUNTAIN                 UPWARPED MOUNTAIN          
  VOLCANIC MOUNTAIN 

  BASIN RANGE                     BUTTE                           
  CORDILLERA                      MESA                            
  INTERMOUNTAIN                   LAVA PLATEAU
  LEDGE                           PALISADE
  PIEDMONT                        PLATEAU                         
  RANGE  

  CALDERA                         DORMANT VOLCANO

  ALLUVIAL FAN                    ALP
  BLUFF                           CLIFF
  COL                             COMB
  CRAG                            CREST
  CUESTA                          CUT TERRACE
  DEBRIS CONE                     EROSION SCARP
  ESCARPMENT                      FAULT ESCARPMENT
  FAULT SCARP                     HIGHLAND
  HINTERLAND                      MASS WASTING
  MATTERHORN                      RIDGE
  TERRACE



  HILL
  ------------------------------------------------
  BERM                            CINDER CONE
  CUT BANK                        HUMMOCK                         
  KNOB                            KNOLL                           
  MEANDER SCAR                    MONADNOCK
  MOUND                           

  END MORAINE                     FLANKING MORAINE
  GROUND MORAINE                  LATERAL MORAINE
  MEDIAL MORAINE
  
  DRUMLIN                         ESKER
  KAME



  PLAIN
  ------------------------------------------------
  ALLUVIAL PLAIN
  CONFLUENCE PLAIN                CONFLUENCE STEP
  CRATON                          CRYOPLANATION
  DELTA PLAIN                     FLOOD PLAIN
  GLACIAL PLAIN                   HAMMOCK
  HIGH PLAIN                      KARST PLAIN
  LAVA PLAIN                      LLANO
  LOWLAND                         OUTWASH PLAIN

  PITTED PLAIN                    PLAYA
  PRAIRIE                         SHIELD
  STEP



  LAKE
  ------------------------------------------------
  COULEE LAKE                     CRATER LAKE                     
  DELTA LAKE                      FINGER LAKE
  GLACIAL LAKE                    GLINT LAKE
  HORSESHOE LAKE                  KETTLE LAKE
  MORAINAL LAKE                   

  LAKE RAMPART                    LAKE TERRACE

  BAYOU                           BOG
  DEAD SEA                        FLAT
  MARSH                           MUD FLAT
  MUSKEG                          SWAMP                           
  WETLAND



  RIVER
  ------------------------------------------------
  ADJUSTED STREAM                BRAIDED STREAM
  CANAL                          CONSEQUENT STREAM
  CHANNEL                        CREEK
  CUTOFF                         DALLES
  DEBOUCHURE                     INTERMITTENT STREAM
  LEVEE                          MEANDER
  MEANDERING STREAM              OBSEQUENT STREAM
  OX BOW



  SEISMIC REGION                  FAULT
  ------------------------------------------------
  FAULT LINE                      FAULT SYSTEM



  CANYON
  VALLEY                          BASIN
  ------------------------------------------------
  ARROYO                          CHASM
  COULEE                          CREVASSE                        
  DROWNED VALLEY                  DRY LAKE
  GLACIAL CANYON                  GORGE
  GULCH                           GULLY                           
  HALLOW                          KETTLE
  LONGITUDINAL VALLEY             MATURE VALLEY

  CRATER                          CLOSED BASIN                    
  DRY BASIN                       FAULT BASIN                     
  INTERIOR BASIN

  EXCAVATION PIT                  GLORY HOLE
  MINE


  CAVE                            GROTO
  ------------------------------------------------
  CENOTE                          MARINE CAVE
  
  


  HOT SPOT
  ------------------------------------------------
  GYSER                          GYSER POOL


  
  GLACIER                        POLAR REGION
  ------------------------------------------------
  ACTIVE GLACIER                 ALPINE GLACIER
  DEAD GLACIER                   DRIFT GLACIER                  
  HANGING GLACIER                ICE CAP 
  ICE SHEET                      ICE SHELF                      
  MOUNTAIN GLACIER               OUTLET GLACIER                 
  PIEDMONT GLACIER
 
  CREVASSE                       MOULIN
 
  ARETE                          CIRQUE
  col                            FJORD                          
  HANGING VALLEY                 HORN                                                    
  NUNATAK                        TRUNCATED SPUR

  END MORAINE                    FLANKING MORAINE
  GROUND MORAINE                 LATERAL MORAINE
  MEDIAL MORAINE
  
  DRUMLIN                        ESKER
  KAME
  
  FLUVIAL GLACIAL LANDFORMs
  braided stream
  outwash plain
  
  CIRQUE LAKE (tarn)             DRIFT BARRIER LAKE
  FINGER LAKE                    GIANT'S KETTLE                 
  PATER NOSTER LAKES             TARN
  
  

  TOPOGRAPHY                     LANDFORM
  ------------------------------------------------
  CLIFF & BENCH TOPOGRAPHY
  KAME & KETTLE TOPOGRAPHY
  KNOB & BASIN TOPOGRAPHY
  KNOB & KETTLE TOPOGRAPHY
    
    
  NATURAL BRIDGE                 ISTHMUS
  OBSEQUENT FEATURE              OUTCROP	


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