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-Absolute Location
Origin:
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Prefix:
Definition:The exact placing of something. Ex: Using latitude and longitude
-Bay
Origin: Late, middle english. From old French baie.
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Definition: A body of water forming a shoreline
-Canyon
Origin: 1834,from Mex.Sp.cañon,extended sense of Sp.cañon"a pipe, tube, gorge,"from cano"a
tube,"from L. canna"reed"(seecane). But earlier spelling call on(1560s)might suggest a source in
calle"street."
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Definition: a deep valley with steep sides,often with a stream flowing through it.
-Cape
Origin: 1350–1400; Middle English (north);Old English -cāp ( see cope2), reinforced in16th
century by Spanish capa < Late Latin cappa hooded cloak,cope2
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Definition: a sleeveless garment of various lengths,fastened around the neck and falling loosely
from the shoulders,worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
-Channel
Origin: c.1300,"bed of running water,"from O.Fr.chanel, from L. can alis"groove,channel,water
pipe"(see canal) Given a broader,figurative sense and averbal meaning1590s.Meaning"circuit for
telegraph communication"(1848)probably led to that of"band of frequency for radio orTV
signals"(1928).
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Definition: the bed of a stream,river,or other water way.
-Cliff
Origin: O.E.clif, fromP.Gmc.*kliban, perhaps fromPIEbase*gleibh-"to ad here,be attached."
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Definition: a high steep face of a rock.
-Continent
Origin: late 14c.,adj.,"self-restraining,"from L .continent em (nom.continens),prp.of cont in
ere"hold together"(seecontain). Meaning move dfrom"exercising self-restraint"to"chaste"14c.,and
to bowe land bladder control19c.The houn int he geographical sense is from
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Definition: 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).
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 -Delta
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c.1200,Gk.letter shaped like a triangle,equivalent to our"D,"the name from Phoenici and a leth"ten
tdoor."Hero do tus used it of the mouth of the Nile,and it was souse din
Eng.from1555;appliedtootherrivermouthsfrom1790.Deltoidmusclesocalledsince1741,from its shape.
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 Definition: the fourth letter of the greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
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 -Divide
 Origin: late14c.,fromL.dividere"to force a part, cleave, distribute,"from dis-"apart" + -videre"to
separate,"from PIE base*widh-"to separate,"related to widow; and see with. Mathematical sense is
from early15c.The noun meaning"water shed,separation
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-Down stream
definition- with or in the direction of the current of a stream.
origin- 1700–10; down1 + stream
suffixprefiximage-Elevation
definitionthe height to which something is elevated or to which it rises:The elevation of the tower is 80 feet.
origin- late 14c.,height of something, from L.elevation em,noun of action from elev are(see elevate).
Meaning act of elevating is from1520s.
suffixprefiximage-Equator
definition- the great circle on a sphere or heavenly body who sep lane is perpendicular to the
axis,equidistant every where from the two poles of the sphere or heavenly body.
origin- late 14c.,from M.L. aequatordieietnoctis"equalizer of day and night"(when the sun is on the celestial
equator,twice annually,day and night are of equallength),from L.a equare"make equal,equate."Sense
of"celestial equator"is earliest, extension to"terres trial line mid way between the poles"
suffixprefiximage-Glacier
definition- an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving
very slowly,either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers,or moving outward from centers
of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.
origin- 1735–45; < dialectalFrench, derivative of Old French glace ice < Late Latin glacia (for Latin
glaciēs)
suffixprefiximage-Gulf
definition- a portion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land.
originsuffixprefiximage-Harbor
definition- such a body of water having docks or port facilities.
origin- c.1150,fromO.E.here beorg,from here"army,host"(see harry) + beorg"refuge,shelter"(related to be
organ"save,preserve");perhaps modeled on O.N.her bergi,from P.G mc.*kharjaz + *berg-.Sense shifted in
M.E. to"refuge, lodgings,"thent o"place of shelter for ships."
suffixprefiximage-Highland
definition-an elevated region; plateau
originsuffixprefiximage-Hill
definitiona natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.
originO.E.hyll,fromP.Gmc.*khulnis(cf.M.Du.hille,LowGer.hull"hill,"O.N.hallr"stone,"Goth.hallus"rock,"O.N.ho
lmr"isletinabay,"O.E.holm"risingland,island"),fromPIEbase*kel"torise,beelevated,tobeprominent"(cf.Skt.kutam"top,skull;"L.collis"hill,"columna"projecting
suffixprefiximage-Island
definition-a tract of land completely surrounded by water,and not large enough to be called a continent.
originO.E.igland"island,"fromieg"island"(fromP.Gmc.*aujo"thingonthewater,"fromPIE*akwa-"water") +
land"land."Spellingmodified15c.byassociationwithsimilarbutunrelatedisle.AnO.E.cognatewasealand"riverland,wateredplace,meadowbyariver."
suffixprefiximage-Isthmus
definitiona narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land.
origin-1555,from Gk. isthmos "narrow neck of land,"especially that of Corinth, of unknown origin,perhaps
from ei mi"to go" + suffix-thmo(cf.ithma"astep,movement").
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