Geography 1

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Question American English Answer American English
A ...... is a border between two countries.
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frontier
in USA usually use border
It wasn't difficult then to cross the frontier.
... is the time of day when it starts to get dark.
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nightfall
I need to get to Lyon by nightfall.
A ... is the edge of a sea, lake, or wide river.
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shoreline
The ... of a river, canal, or lake are the raised areas of ground along its edge.
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bank
... an old warehouse on the banks of a canal
A ... is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
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desert
... the Sahara Desert.
A ... is a lot of water falling or flowing rapidly or violently.
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torrent
The trip involved crossing a raging torrent.
an area of muddy or boggy ground.
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morass
"in midwinter the track beneath this bridge became a muddy morass"
a town that is small and not important
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one-horse town
the remote areas of a country away from the coast or the banks of major rivers.
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hinterland
the hinterland of southern Italy
the area surrounding a place, especially a town
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environs
a low, generally flat region
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lowland
An ... is a large tall mass of ice floating in the sea
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iceberg
Albuquerque
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Albuquerque

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