5th Grade Physical Geography: 5th Grade Physical Geography, List 5

This list covers various landmasses found all over Earth.

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  1. plain
    simple
  2. valley
    a long depression in the surface of the land
  3. desert
    arid land with little or no vegetation
  4. continent
    one of the large landmasses of the earth
  5. prairie
    a treeless grassy plain
  6. gorge
    a deep ravine, usually with a river running through it
  7. glacier
    a slowly moving mass of ice
  8. canyon
    a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
  9. plateau
    a relatively flat raised area of land
  10. terrain
    a piece of ground having specific characteristics
  11. iceberg
    a large frozen mass floating at sea
  12. dune
    a ridge of sand created by the wind
  13. mesa
    flat tableland with steep edges
  14. tundra
    a vast treeless plain where subsoil is permanently frozen
  15. savanna
    a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions
Created on Mon Nov 27 13:26:08 EST 2023 (updated Thu Nov 30 15:18:55 EST 2023)

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