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| landforms | Mountains, hills, plateaus, and plains, are examples of these. |
| oceans | the earth's largest bodies of water |
| island | a landform that is smaller than a continent and is surrounded by water |
| continents | the largest land areas are called... |
| plateau | a flat landfrom that rises above the land around it, and features at least one steep cliff |
| isthmus | a narrow piece of land that connects two larger pieces of land |
| peninsula | land that is surrounded on three sides by water |
| strait | narrow body of water between two pieces of land |
| trenches | the lowest spots in the earth's crust |
| delta | formed by deposits of sand and soil at the mouth of a river |
| plains | low-lying stretches of flat or gently rolling land |
| mountains | huge towers of rock |
| canyon | steep-sided lowland that a river has cut through a plateau |
| 70 | percentage of earth's surface that is water |
| valley | lies between mountains and hills |
| continental shelf | underwater plateau found along the coast of a continent |
| elevation | height above sea level |
| source | point at which a river originates |
