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MATCH THE FOLLOWING EXPRESSIONS TO THE PICTURES BELOW:

(duck) pond, sea (ocean), river, island, island group, brook, rivulet
(stream/current), torrent (violent flow/stream), waterfall, estuary (river
meeting the sea), tributary (brook/river joining a larger river), straits (narrow
passage joining two seas/oceans), dam (reservoir of flowing water at a power
station), cliff (high steep rocks at the sea), precipice (steep dangerous cliffs),
coastline (shore), wave(s), beach (seashore with sand), delta (triangular area of
land at the mouth of the river), bay (curved area of the sea), peninsula (land that
goes into the sea), rocks, lighthouse (a building on the coast/island with light for
ships), rapids (white-water), lake ...

1__________________ 2__________________ 3__________________ 4______________ 5_______________

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II. Translate the following expressions into English.

Slovenian

English

polotok
izliv reke
pritok
otok
otoka skupina
reica
potok
reka
morje
obala
hudournik
plaa
delta Nila
jez
slap
bajer
svetilnik
peine
skale
val
zaliv
jezero
oina
brzice

III. Find the correct expressions for the following definitions.

1. An area of land going into the sea: a/an ____________________
2. A huge reservoir of flowing water: a/an ____________________
3. Tiny rocks on the beach: ____________________
4. A triangular area of land at the mouth of a river: a/an _________________
5. A small river: a/an _________________ / a/an _________________ / a/an _________________
6. The area where a river meets the sea: a/an __________________
7. River water falling over steep rocks: a/an __________________
8. The seashore with fine sand where you can have a picnic: a/an __________________
9. A curved area of the sea: a/an __________________
10. A violent stream: a/an _________________
11. A bottleneck passage that joins two oceans: __________________
12. A river that joins another river: a/an ___________________
13. Dangerous steep rocks at the sealine: __________________
14. A small lake: a/an _________________
15. A piece of land in the sea: a/an ___________________
16. Another expression for shore: the _________________
17. White-water: __________________
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lake ( Lake Bled in the Alpine region of Slovenia)

beach (sand-beach)
estuary
river (Soa river in Slovenia)
coastline
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bay
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straits
lighthouse
rapids/ white-water
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torrent

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peninsula
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shore/ coastline
torrent
beach
the Nile delta
dam
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pond/ duck pond
lighthouse
cliffs
rocks
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bay
lake
straits
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a peninsula
a dam
sand
a delta
a rivulet/a stream/a current
an estuary
a waterfall
a beach
a bay
a torrent
straits
a tributary
cliffs
a pond/ a duck pond
an island
(the) coastline
rapids