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Landforms
Term | Definition |
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bay | where the ocean meets the land |
valley | an area of low land between hills or mountains |
canyon | a deep, narrow valley with steep rough sides, carved by a river |
plateau | flat land with steep sides that is higher than the land around it |
plain | wide, flat land |
lake | a body of water with land all around it |
landform | a feature of the Earth's surface |
mountain | the highest landforms that often have steep sides and pointed tops |
glacier | a river of ice slowly sliding down a mountain slope or through a valley |
sand dune | mounds of wind-blown sand |
peninsula | land that is nearly surrounded by water |
coast | where the ocean meets the land |
archipelago | a group of islands |