LANDFORMS

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LANDFORMS
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The Earth
30 LAND 70 WATER
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Continents

• The largest landform
• There are SEVEN (7) Continents
• Asia
• Africa
• North America
• South America

Antarctica Europe Australia
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Asia
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Africa
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North America
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South America
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Antarctica
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Europe
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Australia
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Topography

• The shape and elevation of the Earths terrain
• What is visible from air or space

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Islands

• Land completely surrounded by water

Aruba
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Archipelago

• A chain of Islands

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Peninsula

• Land surrounded by water on THREE (3) sides

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Isthmus

• Small stretch of land connecting larger bodies of
  land

North America
South America
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Plain

• A broad flat
• area of land

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Plateau

• Elevated flat land

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Mountains

• Land that rises steeply