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A mountain
A large, tall rocky area of land that comes up out of the earth’s surface?.
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A river
A flowing path of water that leads to an ocean, stream, or the sea
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An island
An area of land that is completely surrounded by water
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A valley
An area of low land between two mountains or hills
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A volcano
An opening in the earth's crust from which lava flows.
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A lake
A large body of water surrounded by land
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A cliff
A steep, vertical face of rock or soil
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A hill
A mound of raised land that is smaller than a mountain
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A fault block mountain
Made up of huge blocks of the earth's crust; They have been pushed up, or sideways, along a line between the plates
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An ocean
A large body of salt water that surrounds a continent
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A canyon
A large crack in the earth formed by a river or earthquakes
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A plateau
A large area of flat land that is raised higher than the land around it
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A dome mountain
Form where pieces of earth's crust have been forced up, forms a wide bulge
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A glacier
A large body of ice that moves across the earth's surface
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A peninsula
A strip of land that extends out into a body of water
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A plain
A large area of flat land
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A folded mountain.
Form when two of the earth's plates meet head-on, the edges crumble
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A waterfall
A place where a river or stream flows over a steep region or cliff
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An isthmus
A narrow strip of land that connects two large areas of land
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A delta
Low, water land that is formed at the mouth of the river
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