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5. A LARGE ELEVATED LANDFORM
10. ROBERT DIETZ COINED THIS TERM IN 1961.
11. A PIECE OF LAND THAT PROJECTS INTO A BODY OF WATER & IS CONNECTED TO THE MAINLAND BY AN ISTHMUS.
13. IS THE OUTERMOST LAYER OF EARTH.
15. THE LARGEST DELTA IN THE WORLD.
17. DEEP RAVINE BETWEEN CLIFFS.
18. FORCES & EVENTS THAT LEAD TO A LARGE STRUCTURAL DEFORMATION OF EARTH'S LITHOSPHERE.
19. A THEORY THAT EXPLAINED HOW CONTINENTS SHIFT POSITION ON EARTHS SURFACE.
23. PORTION OF LANDS ELEVATED THOUSANDS OF FEET ABOVE THEIR SURROUNDINGS.
24. LOW-LYING TRIANGULAR AREA LOCATED AT THE MOUTH OF RIVERS WHERE IT MEETS AN OCEAN, SEA, OR ESTUARY.
25. SILT-SIZED SEDIMENT FORMED BY THE ACCUMULATION OF WINDBLOWN DUST.
27. ELEVATED PORTIONS OF LANDS THAT ARE FORMED BY GEOLOGIC ACTIVITIES.
28. HIGHEST MOUNTAIN SYSTEM & ALSO THE YOUNGEST IN THE WORLD.
30. A BEND IN A SINUOUS WATERCOURSE OF RIVER.
31. FLAT & BROAD LAND AREAS.

1. MOUNDS OR SMALL HILLS MADE UP OF SAND.
2. HAS A FLAT-TOPPED HILL & STEEP SIDES.
3. THE BORDER BETWEEN TWO TECTONIC PLATES.
4. THE NATURAL PHYSICAL FEATURES ON THE SURFACE OF EARTH.
6. FORMED BY THE CHEMICAL & MECHANICAL ACTION OF THE WIND.
7. A NATURAL PHENOMENON THAT'S CHARACTERIZED BY A SUDDEN, VIOLENT SHIFTING OF MASSIVE PLATES UNDERNEATH EARTH'S SURFACE.
8. GENERATED WHEN THE OCEAN FLOOR ABRUPTLY DEFORMS & VERTICALLY DISPLACES THE OVERLAYING WATER.
9. THE MOSTLY SOLID BULK OF EARTH'S INTERIOR.
10. REGIONS IN EARTH CHARACTERIZED BY VERY STRONG EARTHQUAKES WHICH OCCUR BECAUSE THE ACTION OF THE DOWN GOING SLAB INTERACTS WITH THE OVERRIDING SLAB.
12. AN EARTHQUAKE THAT RESULTS FROM DENOTATION OF CHEMICALS OR NUCLEAR DEVICES.
14. LANDFORM THAT HAS A OPENING AT THE TOP CALLED VENT.
16. DRIVING FORCE BEHIND PLATE TECTONICS.
20. PLAINS THAT R FOUND AT THE DEEPEST PART OF THE PCEAN
21. HUGE, SLOW-MOVING BODIES OF ICE.
22. LOW LYING AREA OF LAND SITUATED BETWEEN HILLS OR MOUNTAINS.
26. HIGH ROCKY COASTS THAT PLUNGE DOWN TO THE EDGE OF THE SEA.
29. LARGEST MOUNTAIN SYSTEM IN EUROPE.