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What is a Natural Landscape? Landforms on the Earth’s surface

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What is a Natural

Landscape?

Landforms on the Earth’s surface

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What are landforms?Landforms are natural shapes or features found on the Earth’s surface.

There are many different types of landforms found on the earth.

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mountainA mountain is a high place on the Earth’s surface, usually with a pointed top .

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hillA hill is smaller than a mountain, and has a rounded top.

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valleyA valley is a lowland area between higher lands such as mountains.

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plainA plain is a large, flat area on the Earth’s surface.

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plateauA plateau is a flat area, higher than the land around it, or above the ocean.

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riverA river is a long flowing stream of water.

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lakeA lake is water that is completely surrounded by land.

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cliffA cliff is a wall of rock or soil near the sea.

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glacier

A glacier is a large area of moving ice.

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oceanOceans are masses of salt water. They are the largest bodies of water on earth.

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oceans:Cover 70% of the Earth’s surface.Affect the weather and temperature.Absorb the sun’s radiation.Are all connected.Are: the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean,

the Indian Ocean, the Arctic Ocean and the Antarctic Ocean.

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Map of the Oceans

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seaA sea is smaller than an ocean and is partly enclosed by land.

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seasThe three largest seas are the:

South China SeaCaribbean SeaMediterranean Sea