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Landforms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |