Types of landforms Flashcards

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mountains how are they formed?

A

when large pieces of earth collides and forces the earth upward

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valleys how are they formed?

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created by vegetation growing between the hills and mountains

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plateau how are they formed?

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its can beformed in many ways such as magma ad erosion

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4
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Valcano

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When magma pushes its way upward through the earths long shift

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5
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dessert

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land areas where more water evaporatres into the airthan comes back trhough precipitation

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delta

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other sediment flow down the river and creates a triangle piece of land at the mouth of the river.

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island

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created sevral ways cooled lava, lots of dirt sand and coral building up, form by breaking off from a larger peice of land.

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