| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Collection of islands | Archipelago | 79%
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| One half of the Earth | Hemisphere | 76%
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| An area covered with dense vegetation dominated by large trees | Jungle | 74%
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| A navigable artificial water channel | Canal | 71%
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| An adjective describing a settlement with a high population density and a developed infrastructure of built environment | Urban | 69%
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| A landform at the mouth of a river where the main stem splits up into several distributaries | Delta | 67%
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| A territory completely surrounded by the territory of exactly one other state, country, or other political entity | Enclave | 67%
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| The bottom of a sea or ocean | Seabed | 67%
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| A piece of land surrounded by water along the majority of its border while still being connected to a mainland from which it projects | Peninsula | 64%
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| Wild, uncultivated, uninhabited land, especially that which is barren or desolate, supporting little or no plant and animal life | Wasteland | 64%
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| The public regulation of land and building use to control the character of a place | Zoning | 63%
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| A moist subarctic coniferous forest dominated by spruces and firs | Taiga | 61%
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| A low area between hills or mountains, often with a river running through it | Valley | 61%
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| A long, narrow, navigable marine inlet with steep sides or cliffs created by glacial erosion | Fjord | 57%
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| An isolated, relatively flat-topped natural elevation | Mesa | 55%
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| An elongated raised landform which forms a continuous elevated crest for some distance, such as a chain of hills or mountains | Ridge | 55%
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| A combination of a human settlement and an area of cultivated vegetation in an otherwise desolate desert or semi-desert environment | Oasis | 51%
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| Depression, particularly one that is approximately circular, level at the bottom, and/or surrounded on all sides by land of uniform elevation | Basin | 44%
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| A deep cleft between cliffs or a rift between two mountain peaks caused by erosion | Gorge | 43%
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| A type of wetland which accumulates deposits of dead plant material | Quagmire | 41%
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| Small, low-elevation, sandy island on the surface of a coral reef | Key | 36%
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| A small area of water connected to the ocean but otherwise blockaded by one or more islands | Lagoon | 36%
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| Plant succession that is limited by water availability | Xerosere | 36%
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| Any tributary stream that runs parallel to, and within the floodplain of a larger river for considerable distance, before eventually joining it | Yazoo stream | 35%
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| A land or water passage that is confined or restricted by its narrow breadth | Narrow | 29%
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| An indentation of a shoreline which leads to an enclosed body of salt water | Inlet | 27%
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