LANDFORMS

 A mountain range or mountain belt is a geographic area containing numerous geologically related mountains. The Himalayas is the highest mountain range on earth, its highest peak is Mount Everest.

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PEAK or SUMMIT

SLOPE

BASIN

CANYON

MOUNTAINS AND HILLS

STREAM

HILLS: small mountains

PEAK OR SUMMIT: the top of a mountain

SLOPE: the side of a hill or a mountain

STREAM: small river

CANYON: a long valley with steep sides made of rock

BASIN: a large area that is lower than the surrounding area

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A valley is an area of low land between hills or mountains, often with a river running through it. Picture above: river Conso, Galicia. It is an example of V-shaped valley

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A glacier is a large mass of ice that moves slowly.

Picture: French Alps

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U-shaped valley (created by a glacier). Leh valley, India

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A Plain is a large area of flat landPicture: Argentina

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A plateau is a large flat area of land that is high above sea level. Picture: Utah, EEUU

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A tributary is a river or stream that flows into a larger river or a lake. Picture: rivers in Norway

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Meanders or loops are parts of a river with a curved shape, like an S. Picture: river Cauto in Cuba

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A canyon is a long valley with steep sides made of rock. Picture: River Sil Canyon, Galicia

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A Dam is  a wall built across a river that stops the river's flow and collects the water , especially to make a reservoir (=an artificial lake)  that provides water for an area. Picture: Hoover’s dam, Nevada, US

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A delta is an area of low, flat land, sometimes shaped like a triangle, where a river divides into several smaller rivers before flowing into the sea.

Picture: Nile River, Egipt

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Ría is a galician word for a river valley flooded by the sea . Picture: Cée-Corcubión, Galicia

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A fiord is the norwegian word for a glacier valley flooded by

the sea. Picture: fiord in Norway

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An estuary is the wide part of a river at the place where it joins the sea. Picture: river Umia estuary, Cambados, Galicia

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A waterfall is a place where water flows over a vertical drop in the course of a stream or river.

Picture, Salto Ángel, Venezuela

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A lake is a large area of water surrounded by land and not connected to the sea except by rivers or streams.

Picture: lake in New Zealand

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A peninsula is a a long piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland

Picture: Baja California, México

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A cape is a large piece of land sticking out into the sea. Picture: Cape Corwall, England

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A gulf is a very large area of sea surrounded on three sides by a coast . Picture Gulf of Gabès , Tunisia

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A bay is smaller than a gulf. Picture: San Sebastián, Basque Country.

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A cliff is a high area of rock with a very steep side, often on a coast.

Picture: Cliffs near the Cape of Ortegal, A Coruña

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An island or isle is a piece of land that is surrounded by water

Picture: a small fijian island, Pacific Ocean

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An arquipelago is a group of small islands. Picture: Canary Islands

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An atoll is is a ring-shaped coral reef including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely. Picture: Atafu Atoll in Tokelau (Pacific Ocean)

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CONTINENTAL SHELF CONTINENTALSLOPE

ABYSSALPLAIN

The continental shelf is an underwater landmass which extends from a continent, resulting in an area of relatively shallow sea. The shelf usually ends at a point of increasing slope, the continental slope, which finally merges into the deep ocean floor, the abyssal plain. Picture: Gulf of México 3D view

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A dune is a hill of sand near a beach or in a desert. Picture: Dunes in Corrubedo, Galicia

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Coastal lagoons are small lagoons of swallow salt water communicated with the sea. They are often separated from

the sea by a sandbar.

Picture: Coastal lagoon in Louro, Muros, A Coruña

COASTAL LAGOON SANDBAR

SEA

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Dereitos de autor

Landforms. Maribel Iglesias Baldonedo, con licenza:

Dentro do curso: O tempo e o espazo con liñas e cores por Maribel Iglesias e Manuel Busto. Baixo licenza Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 3.0 España.

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