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2) longest river

Amazon, South America

highest waterfall

Angel Falls, Venezuela (Angel Falls)

largest cold desert (1)

Antarctica

4) largest ocean

Arctic

Sonoran Desert

Arizona

wettest place

Assam, India

driest place

Atacama Desert, Chile

2) largest ocean

Atlantic

greatest tidal range

Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia

lowest point (Antarctica)

Bentley Subglacial Trench

Barbados

Bridgetown

Sierra Nevada

California

Australia

Canberra

lowest point (Europe)

Caspian Sea

1) largest lake

Caspian Sea, Europe-Asia

highest point (South America)

Cerro Aconcauga

Llanos Plains

Colombia and Venezuela

1) largest sea

Coral Sea

hottest place

Danakil Desert, Ethiopia

lowest point (Asia)

Dead Sea

lowest point (North America)

Death Valley

highest point (Europe)

El'brus

largest canyon

Grand Canyon, Colorado River

longest reef

Great Barrier Reef

1) largest island

Greenland, North America

Guatemala

Guatemala City

Bermuda

Hamilton

Somali Peninsula

Horn of Africa

Danube River

Hungary

3) largest ocean

Indian

Zagros Mountains

Iran

deepest point (Indian)

Java Trench

highest point (Africa)

Kilamanjaro

Jamaica

Kingston

lowest point (South America)

Laguna del Carbón

lowest point (Africa)

Lake Assal

world's deepest lake

Lake Baikal

lowest point (Australia)

Lake Eyre

largest cave system

Mammoth Cave, Kentucky

Nicaragua

Managua

1) deepest point (Pacific)

Mariana Trench

deepest point (Arctic)

Molloy Deep

Atlay Mountains

Mongolia

highest point (Asia)

Mount Everest

highest point (Australia)

Mount Kosciuszko

highest point (North America)

Mount McKinley (Denali)

Bahamas

Nassau

2) largest island

New Guinea, Asia-Oceania

1) longest river

Nile, Africa

Canada

Ottawa

1) largest ocean

Pacific

Panama

Panama City

coldest place

Plateau Station, Antarctica

deepest point (Atlantic)

Puerto Rico Trench

Carpathian Mountains

Romania

largest hot desert

Sahara

Costa Rica

San Jose

2) largest sea

South China Sea

2) largest lake

Superior, North America

Guiana Highlands

Venezuela, etc

highest point (Antarctica)

Vinson Massif

New Zealand

Wellington

the answer is a

a

bay

a broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inward

tundra

a cold, treeless area

canyon

a deep ravine between two cliffs, most often a carved landscape made by erosion

mountain range

a geographic area containing numerous related mountains

archipelago

a group or chain of islands in a sea or ocean

cape

a headland of large size extending into a body of water

lake

a large body of water surrounded by land

iceberg

a large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier

prairie

a large open area of grassland

sound

a large sea or ocean inlet larger than a bay, wider than a fjord

beach

a pebbly or sandy shore by the ocean between high and low water marks

peninsula

a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting into a body of water

glacier

a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by accumulation and compaction of snaw near the poles

volcano

an opening in the earth through which lava, rock, gasses, or ash are forced out

the answer is b

b

Congo Basin

central Africa (Congo)

Lake Victoria

central Africa (Uganda and Tanzania)

Gran Chaco

central South America

Great Rift Valley

central eastern Africa (Tanzania and Mozambique)

Brazilian Highlands

eastern Brazil (Brasilia)

foothills

gradual increases in elevation at the base of a mountain

fjord

long narrow sea inlet that is bordered by cliffs

Plateau of Tibet

north of Himalayas

Great Sandy Desert

northern Australia

Atlas Mountains

northwest Africa (Algeria)

Amazon Basin

northwestern Brazil

Great Indian Desert

northwestern India (New Delhi)

Strait of Magellan

off coast of Argentina

peak

pointed top of a mountain or ridge

hill

raised area or mound of land

Kalahari Desert

southern Africa (Botswana)

Zambezi River

southern Africa (Mozambique)

Patagonia

southern South America (argentina)

Great Victoria Desert

southwest Australia

cliff

steep face of rock and soil

currency of mongolia

togrog

Kunlun Mountains

western China


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