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Geography Terms, maps, and examples. El Aprieto. A strait is a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water. . El archipiélago . An archipelago is a large group or chain of islands . La bahía . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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A strait is a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.

An archipelago is a large group or chain of islands

A bay is a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.

Forest

Iguazu Falls, Argentina

Angel Falls, Venezuela

The equator is an imaginary line (or one drawn on a map etc) passing round the globe, at an equal distance from the North and South poles. It Passes through the Spanish speaking countries of Colombia and Ecuador (named after the equator).

An isthmus is a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land.

Andes Mountains

Spain

Urubamba Valley, also known as the Sacred Valley, near Cuzco, Peru

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