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Pictures and DEFINITIONS
TYPES OF LANDFORMS Pictures and DEFINITIONS
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MOUNTAINS Define: a high rounded or pointed landform with steep sides. It is higher than a hill.
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VALLEYS Define: an area of low land between hills or mountains.
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BASINS Define: an area that is lower than the land around it; a hole or hollow place in the earth’s surface that can hold water.
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STREAMS Define: a small current of water flow.
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SEAS Define: a large body of salt water; similar to an ocean.
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BAYS Define: part of a body of water that goes into the land.
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GULFS Define: a large body of water that goes into the land.
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BOUNDARIES Define: the divide between different areas of land.
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PENINSULAS Define: land that is nearly surrounded by water.
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ISLANDS Define: a body of land entirely surrounded by water.
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STRAITS Define: a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
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ISTHMUS Define: a narrow strip of land that connects two larger bodies of land and is surrounded by water on two sides.
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CANYONS Define: a deep ravine or gorge that typically exists between two cliffs.
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DELTAS Define: a triangle-shaped deposit of sand, clay or silt at the mouth of a river.
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PLATEAUS Define: an area of raised, flat land usually cut by canyons.
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MESAS Define: a flat piece of land with steep sides that is smaller than a plateau.
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BUTTES Define: an isolated hill or mountain rising abruptly above the surrounding land.
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DESERTS Define: a very dry place where few plants grow.
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PLAINS Define: an area of flat or almost flat land.
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CANALS Define: a long narrow place that is filled with water and was created by people so that boats could pass through it or to supply fields or crops with water.
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