Landforms

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Landforms

• Around the World

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Archipelago

• A group of many islands

Japan
Aegean Islands
Hawaiian Islands
Indonesia
Philippines
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Islands around Japan
Archipelago
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Hawaiian Islands
Archipelago
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Aegean Islands
Archipelago
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Indonesia
Archipelago
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Philippines
Archipelago
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Basin

• Area of land enclosed by higher land

Death Valley
Salt Basins
Kane Basin
Moscow Basin
Tonto Basin
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Salt Basins in Chile
Basin
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Kane Basin
Basin
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Tonto Basin
Basin
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Moscow Basin
Basin
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Death Valley
Basin
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Bay

• Part of a body of salt water that reaches into
  the land

San Francisco Bay
Bay of Quinte
Bay of Fundy
Bay of Biscay
Maputo Bay
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Maputo Bay
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Bay of Quinte
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Bay of Biscay
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Bay of Fundy
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San Francisco Bay
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Canyon

• A narrow valley with steep sides created by
  erosion

Grand Canyon Bingham Canyon McLean
Canyon Hells Gate Canyon Fraser Canyon
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Grand Canyon
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Bingham Canyon
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McLean Canyon
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Hells Gate
Canyon
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Fraser Canyon
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Cliff

• A high and steep slope made of rock or soil

White Cliffs of Dover Cliffs of Moehr Bee
Cliffs Canford Cliffs Kangaroo Point Cliffs
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White Cliffs of Dover
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Cliffs of Moehr
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Bee Cliff
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Canford Cliffs
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Kangaroo Point Cliffs
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Coast

• Land along the sea or ocean

Gold Coast Oregon Coast Pacific Coast Central
Coast Jurassic Coast
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Gold Coast
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Oregon Coast
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Pacific Coast
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Central Coast
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Jurassic Coast
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Continent

• Large body of land

North America South America Australia Europe
Asia Antarctica Africa
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North America
Continent
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South America
Continent
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Australia
Continent
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Europe
Continent
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Asia
Continent
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Antarctica
Continent
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Africa
Continent
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Deserts

• An area of land that has less than 10 inches of
  rain

Sahara Desert Arabian Desert Great Victoria
Desert Rubal Khali Desert Kalahari Desert
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Sahara Desert
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Arabian Desert
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Great Victoria Desert
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Rubal Khali Desert
Desert
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Kalahari Desert
Desert
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Forest

• A large tract of land covered with trees and
  underbrush

Epping Forest Gwydir Forest Frenchs
Forest Coconino Forest Black Forest
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Epping Forest
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Gwydir Forest
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Frenchs Forest
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Coconino Forest
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Black Forest
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Gulf

• Part of a sea or ocean that reaches into the land

Persian Gulf Gulf of Mexico Gulf of
Panama Gulf of Mannar Gulf of Carpenteria
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Persian Gulf
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Gulf of Mexico
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Gulf of Panama
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Gulf of Mannar
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Gulf of Carpenteria
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Hills

• Raised part of earths service with sloping sides

Black Hills Cavanal Hill San Juan Hill Bunker
Hill Chocolate Hills
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Black Hills
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Cavanal Hill
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San Juan Hill
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Bunker Hill
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Chocolate Hills
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Island

• An area of land surrounded by water

Madagascar Island Baffin Island Sumatra
Island Java Island Great Brittan
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Madagascar Island
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Baffin Island
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Sumatra Island
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Java Island
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Great Brittan
Island
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Mountain

• High rocky land with steep sides

Mount Everest Swiss Alps Cho Oyu
Mountains Mount McKinley
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Mount Everest
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Swiss Alps
Mountain
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Cho Oyu Mountains
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Mount McKinley
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Ocean

• Large body of salt water

Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Indian
Ocean Arctic Ocean Antarctica Ocean
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Atlantic Ocean
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Pacific Ocean
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Indian Ocean
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Arctic Ocean
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Peninsula

• Land surrounded on three sides by water

Croatia Peninsula Iberian Peninsula Korean
Peninsula Jutland Peninsula Bolivar Peninsula
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Croatia Peninsula
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Iberian Peninsula
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Korean Peninsula
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Jutland Peninsula
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Bolivar Peninsula
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Prairie

• Large plains region with tall grass

Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan Pampas of
Argentina Steppes of Russia Ukraine Clymer
Meadow Preserve, Hunt County, Texas
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Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan
Prairie
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Pampas of Argentina
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Steppes of Russia
Prairie
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Ukraine
Prairie
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Clymer Meadow Preserve, Hunt County, Texas
Prairie
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Reef

• Ridge of rock or sand at or near the surface of
  water

Chevron Reef Coral Reef in American Samoa Great
Barrier Reef
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Chevron Reef
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Coral reef in American Samoa
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Great Barrier Reef
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River

• A large stream of water that flows through land
  into a lake, ocean, or another body of water

Nile River Amazon River Yangtze
River Mississippi River Yellow River
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Nile River
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Amazon River
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Yangtze River
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Mississippi River
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Yellow River
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Swamp

• An area of land that is low and wet and supports
  grass and trees

Lake Bangweulu Swamp, Zambia Great Cypress
Swamp, Florida Honey Island Swamp, USA
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Lake Bangweulu Swamp, Zambia
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Great Cypress Swamp, Florida
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Pantanal Swamp, Brazil
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Honey Island Swamp, USA
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Valley

• Low land between hills or mountains

Fljótsdalur in East Iceland Danube Valley,
Eastern Europe Glen Cove Valley, Scotland Napa
Valley, USA Valley of the Kings, Egypt
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Fljótsdalur in East Iceland
Valley
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Danube Valley, Eastern Europe
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Glen Coe Valley, Scotland
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Napa Valley, USA
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Valley of the Kings, Egypt
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Volcano

• A cone shaped mountain formed by rock or ash
  thrown from the inside of the earth with an
  opening or depression at top

Mount Andrus Volcano Apaneca Range
Volcano Arenal Volcano Acotango Volcano
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Mount Andrus
Volcano
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Apaneca Range
Volcano
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Arenal Volcano
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Acotango Volcano
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Waterfalls

• When a river falls off a steep area

Ouzoud Falls, Morocco Laja Falls,
Chile Huangguoshu Falls, China Abbey Falls,
India Kivach Waterfalls, Russia
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Ouzoud Falls, Morocco
Waterfalls
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Laja Falls, Chile
Waterfalls
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Huangguoshu Falls, China
Waterfalls
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Abbey Falls, India
Waterfalls
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Kivach Waterfalls, Russia