Landforms

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Landforms
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Click on a landform to learn more about it
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Ocean

• Definition body of salt water larger than a sea
• The Earth contains 5 oceans the Arctic,
  Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, and Southern.
• The oceans water covers over 70 of the Earth
• The oceans average depth is 12,175 ft!!

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Volcano

• Definition An opening in the earth, through
  which lava, rock, and gases are forced out
• Volcanoes in the U.S. are found mainly in
  Hawaii, Alaska, California, Oregon and
  Washington.
• There are more than 500 active volcanoes in the
  world

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Island

• Definition Land that has water on all sides
• Two Types Continental islands and Oceanic
  islands
• Continental islands are ones that lie close to a
  continent
• Oceanic islands are islands found in the middle
  of the ocean

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Mountain

• Definition highest kind of land
• Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the
  world.
• The two main mountain ranges in the U.S. are the
  Appalachians in the east and the Rockies in the
  west

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River

• Definition Large stream of water that flows
  across the land
• The longest river is the Nile
• The largest river is the Amazon
• One important river in America is the
  Mississippi
• Can you name any other rivers??

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Mesa

• Definition Flat-topped mountain with steep
  sides
• Means table in Spanish
• Made up of layered rocks
• Mesa Verde National Park

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Glacier

• Definition large ice mass that moves slowly
  down a mountain or across land
• Can be found on every continent
• Two types 1. alpine glaciers that are found in
  mountains and 2. continental glaciers that cover
  large parts of a continent

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Plain

• Definition area of flat or gently rolling low
  land
• The two largest landforms in America are the
  Coastal Plains and the Interior Plains.
• Coastal Plain mostly flat and lies along a
  large body of water
• Interior Plains most of the land between the
  Appalachian and Rocky Mountains. Mostly flat with
  forests and prairies

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