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a large group or chain of islands

Image: archipelago

a hollow or depression in the earth's surface, wholly or partly surrounded by higher land

Image: basin

a deep valley with steep sides, often with a stream flowing through it

Image: canyon

one of the main land masses of the globe, usually reckoned as seven in number (Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica).

Image: continent

a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain

Image: hill

a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent

Image: island

a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land

Image: isthmus

a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 feet (610m)

Image: mountain

a series of mountains in parallel lines of mountains, closely related, as in origin

Image: mountain range

an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland

Image: peninsula

an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150m), within the area

Image: plain

a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons

Image: plateau

a depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, especially one following the course of a stream

Image: valley

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