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Earth's Surface - Land and Water

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Foldbend in the rock layers
Faulta break in the rock if the rocks on both sides have moved relative to one another
Mountainsexist because of movement along the tectonic plates
Folded mountains, fault-block mountains, and vocanoesThree types of mountains
Plainsbroad, flat areas that don't rise far about sea level
Plateausflat area uplifted more than 600m above sea level
Less than 3%`of the Earth's water is fresh water
Ocean basincovers about 30% of Earth's surface
Salinitya measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a given amount of water
Fresh wateris frozen in ice sheets and glaciers so it is unavailable for human use
Water pollution2 biggest causes are industrailization and human population explosion


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