LANDFORMS TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

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Landforms terms and definitions

ISLAND

PENISULA

Land surrounded by water on three sides

A piece of land surrounded by wather

RIVER

PLAIN

A stream of wather that flows into a lake or a sea

A large area of flat, grassy land

SEA

CONTINENTS

The land mass on earth is divided into seven of these

A large body of salt wather

GULF

MOUNTAINRANGE

A large body of water partly surrounded by land

A series of mountains

EQUATOR

CARDINALDIRECTIOWS

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An imaginary line that cuts the Earth in two halves: the northern and the southern hemisphere

The main directions of north south, east, and west

HILL

LAKE

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A large body of fresh water

A rounded, low elevation of the land up to 600 metres above sea level

ARCHIPELAGO

VALLEY

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An area between lines of hills or mountains

A group of islads

DESERT

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An extremely dry area with little or no rainfall