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Land Forms
Question | Answer |
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island | An area of land that is completely surrounded by water. |
peninsula | A strip of land that extends out into a body of water. |
plain | A large area of flat land. |
mountain | A large, tall, rocky area of land that comes up out of the Earth's surface. |
valley | An area of low land between mountains and hills. |
canyon | A large crack in the Earth caused by a river or earthquakes. |
isthmus | A narrow strip of land that is raised higher than the land around it. |
hill | A mound of raised land that is smaller than a mountain. |
plateau | A large area of flat land that is raised higher than the land around it. |
delta | Low, water land that is formed at the mouth of a river. |
cliff | A steep, vertical face of rock or soil. |
volcano | An opening in the Earth's crust from with lava flows. |