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  • A place which is unpleasant or difficult to visit or live.
    INHOSPITABLE
  • A large hole in the ground where waste from people’s homes or from industry is buried
    LANDFILL
  • The place you are travelling to.
    DESTINATION
  • The average level of the sea in relation to the land.
    SEA LEVEL
  • A substance that makes something dirty, polluted, or poisonous.
    CONTAMINANT
  • An animal that is caught by another animal and eaten.
    PREY
  • The natural process in which one living thing is eaten by another, which is then eaten by another, etc
    FOOD CHAIN
  • Extremely difficult and involving a lot of effort.
    ARDUOUS
  • A strong movement in a river, stream or sea that makes the water move round and pulls things under.
    WHIRLPOOL
  • Extremely hot.
    SCORCHING
  • A long period of time when there is little or no rain and crops die.
    DROUGHT
  • An animal which has been trained to stay calm when people are near it, because it is used to being with them
    TAME
  • The ground at the bottom of the sea.
    SEA BED
  • If your feet are ......., they have areas of raised, painful skin on them because you have been walking a lot.
    BLISTERED
  • A poisonous substance that causes disease.
    TOXIN
  • A bar or gate that stops people or vehicles from entering a place.
    BARRIER
  • The way that the level of the sea regularly rises and falls during the day.
    TIDE
  • Able to move quickly and easily.
    AGILE
  • A wall built across a river to stop the water from flowing, especially in order to create a lake or to help to produce electric power
    DAM
  • A strong movement of water in one direction.
    CURRENT
  • The steep side of an area of high land.
    CLIFF
  • An area where there is oil under the land or under the bottom of the sea.
    OILFIELD
  • An area of the coast where the land curves inwards.
    BAY
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