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Published on Nov 18, 2015
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MOUNTAINS
LAND WITH STEEP SIDES THAT RISES SHARPLY (1,000 FEET OR MORE) FROM SURROUNDING LAND
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HILLS
elevated land with sloping sides and rounded summit; generally smaller than a mountain
3.
VALLEYS
area of low land usually between hills or mountains
4.
PLAINS
area of level land, usually at low elevation and often covered with grasses
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PLATEAU
area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation, about 300 to 3,000 feet high
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ISTHMUS
narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas
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PENINSULA
body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water
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ISLAND
land area, smaller than a continent, completely surrounded by water
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TRENCHES
Tectonic activ- ity also makes deep cuts in the ocean floor
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CONTINENTAL SELF
A PLATEAU THAT STRETCHES FOR MILES OFF EVERY COAST
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BASIN
area of land drained by a given river and its branches; area of land surrounded by lands of higher elevations
12.
CANYON
deep and narrow valley with steep walls
13.
CLIFF
steep, high wall of rock, Earth, or ice
14.
DELTA
flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth
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DIVIDE
stretch of high land that separates river systems
Photo by
jamesfarnham
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GLACIER
large, thick body of slowly moving ice
Photo by
Piero...
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HIGHLAND
elevated land area such as a hill, mountain, or plateau
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LOWLAND
land, usually level, at a low elevation
Photo by
potomo
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MESA
broad, flat-topped landform with steep sides; smaller than a plateau
Photo by
John-Morgan
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MOUNTAIN PEAK
pointed top of a mountain
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MOUNTAIN RANGE
a series of connected mountains
22.
SEACOAST
land lying next to a sea or an ocean
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VOLCANO
mountain or hill created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the Earth
Jared Nordstrom
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