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Landform Vocab
landform and descriptions
Question | Answer |
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What is a hill? | a raised mass of land, smaller that a mountain |
What is a plain/grassland? | a broad, flat area of land |
What is a moutain ? | a steep mass of land, much higher thatn the surrounding land |
What is a valley? | low land between mountains or hills |
What is an island ? | land with water all around it |
What is a peninsula? | land that sticks out into the water and is surrounded on only three sides by water |
What is a desert? | a dry area where few plants grow |
What is a forest? | a large area where many trees grow |
What is a lake? | a body of water with land all around it |
What is a river? | a large stream of water that runs into a lake, ocean, or another river |
What is an ocean? | a salty body of water covering a large area of the earth |
What is a gulf? | a large body of ocean water that is partly surrounded by land |