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== Land forms == | == Land forms == | ||
=== archipelago === | |||
* a series of geographically proximate or geologically similarly island, usually formed in a chain or a cluster | |||
=== basin === | |||
=== butte === | |||
=== cape === | === cape === | ||
* a "headland", "promontory" or large body of land that extends into a larger water body, usually an ocean or a sea | * a "headland", "promontory" or large body of land that extends into a larger water body, usually an ocean or a sea | ||
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=== === | === === | ||
=== === | === canyon === | ||
=== continent === | === continent === | ||
* largest continuous unit of a land form or land mass | * largest continuous unit of a land form or land mass | ||
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*** Bosporus Strait (at Constantinople, Turkey) | *** Bosporus Strait (at Constantinople, Turkey) | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
=== hill === | |||
=== island === | === island === | ||
=== isthmus === | === isthmus === | ||
=== land-bridge === | === land-bridge === | ||
=== mountain === | |||
=== peninsula === | === peninsula === | ||
=== plateau === | |||
=== tectonic plates=== | |||
=== trench === | |||
* '''trench''' | |||
** a large, narrow (as compared to length) depression in the ground or underwater | |||
** trenches are caused by erosion, glaciers, or movement of tectonic plates | |||
** trenches can be on land or under water, such as the Mariana trench, deepest | |||
** smaller forms of a trench are called a "gully" or a "ditch" | |||
** larger trenches caused by tectonic plate movements are also called "rift valleys" | |||
* '''volcano''' | |||
=== volcano === | |||
* Sources: | |||
* [[https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/landform/ Landform (National Geographic)]] | |||
== Major world regions == | == Major world regions == | ||