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Landforms 2nd Grade
Second Grade Landforms
Term | Definition |
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Valley | Lowland area between higher lands |
Flood | Occurs when large amounts of water cover land that is normally dry |
Canyon | has very steep sides |
Barrier Island | a thin band of land near a coast |
Landforms | Features of the earth's surface |
Mountain | place that is much higher than the land around it |
Glaciers | Huge sheets of ice |
Volcano | erupts and lava flows onto the land |
Plateau | flat area that is higher than the land around it |
Plain | flat grassy area |
Desert | hot dry land that is covered in sand |
Peninsula | body of land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides |
Island | land that is surrounded by water on all sides |