Geography vocabulary: Difference between revisions

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== Water bodies ==
== Water bodies ==
* lake
=== lake ===
* bay
=== bay ===
* cape
=== cape ===
* channel
=== channel ===
* delta
=== delta ===
* ocean
=== ocean ===
* sea
=== sea ===
* strait & channel
=== strait & channel ===
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<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:50%">
** important straits and channels
** important straits and channels
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* click expand to see list of important straits
* click expand to see list of important straits
* canals
=== canals ===
** man-made straits
** man-made straits
** Bahr Yussef
** Bahr Yussef
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** Corinth Canal
** Corinth Canal
** Grand Canal
** Grand Canal
*** conntected the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers, built under the Sui dynasty (6th century AD)
*** connected the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers, built under the Sui dynasty (6th century AD)
** Suez Canal
** Suez Canal
** Panama Canal
** Panama Canal