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Landforms & Bodies of Water - Vocab Cards

hill noun

a raised area of land smaller than a mountain.

We rode our bikes up and down the grassy hill.

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island noun

a piece of land surrounded by water on all sides.

Marissa's family took a vacation on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

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1 lake noun a large body of fresh or salt water that has land all around it.

The lake freezes in the wintertime and we go ice skating on it.

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landform noun any of the earth's physical features, such as a hill or valley, that have been formed by natural forces of movement or erosion.

I love canyons and plains, but glaciers are my favorite landform.

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2 mountain noun a land mass with great height and steep sides. It is much higher than a hill.

Someday I'm going to hike and climb that tall, steep mountain.

Synonyms: peak

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ocean noun a part of the large body of salt water that covers most of the earth's surface.

We went to the coast and swam in the cold, salty ocean.

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3 plateau noun a high, level area of land.

When we hiked across the high, flat plateau we could see for miles.

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river noun a large natural stream of water that flows toward a lake, ocean, or other larger body of water.

The water flows through the river and ends up in a gulf.

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4 valley noun a long area of low land between mountains or hills.

The hills are separated by a lush, green valley.

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volcano noun an opening in the earth's surface through which melted rock, ash, and gases are forced out.

When the volcano erupted, it covered the surrounding land with lava and ash.

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