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  1. quagmire
    a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
  2. boggy
    (of soil) soft and watery
  3. ravine
    a deep narrow steep-sided valley
  4. grotto
    a small cave, usually with attractive features
  5. delta
    the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
  6. tundra
    a vast treeless plain where subsoil is permanently frozen
  7. precipice
    a very steep cliff
  8. cliff
    a steep high face of rock
  9. archipelago
    a group of many islands in a large body of water
  10. gorge
    a deep ravine, usually with a river running through it
  11. cleft
    a long narrow opening
  12. promontory
    a natural elevation
  13. obsidian
    glass formed by the cooling of lava without crystallization
  14. isthmus
    a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
  15. cascade
    a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
  16. cataract
    disease that involves the clouding of the lens of the eye
  17. torrent
    an overwhelming number or amount
  18. rivulet
    a small stream
  19. lagoon
    a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef
  20. topography
    the configuration of a surface and its features
  21. cartographer
    a person who makes maps
  22. maritime
    relating to ships or navigation
  23. pelagic
    relating to, occurring in, or living in the open ocean
  24. glacial
    relating to or derived from a slowly moving mass of ice
  25. silt
    mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
  26. hillock
    a small natural mound
  27. hummock
    a small natural mound
  28. knoll
    a small natural mound
  29. geophysics
    the science of energy and matter's interaction as it relates to Earth
  30. tectonic
    pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust
  31. stratum
    one of several parallel layers of material
  32. arroyo
    a stream or brook
  33. gully
    a deep ditch cut by running water
  34. ford
    cross a river where it's shallow
  35. meridian
    an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth
  36. antipodes
    two places on direct opposite sides of the Earth
  37. equinox
    when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator
  38. solstice
    when the sun is at its greatest distance from the equator
  39. perihelion
    periapsis in solar orbit
  40. perigee
    the nearest point in an orbit around the Earth
  41. terrestrial
    of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth
  42. terra firma
    the solid part of the earth's surface
  43. permafrost
    ground that is permanently frozen
  44. polar
    of or existing within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles
  45. meteorological
    relating to atmospheric events, especially the weather
  46. volcanology
    the branch of geology that studies volcanoes
  47. seismology
    the branch of geology that studies earthquakes
  48. tsunami
    a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave
  49. sextant
    an instrument for measuring angular distance
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