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Landforms and Waterways
Day Six
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The Continents
North America
South America
Europe
Africa
Asia
Austral
Antarctica
◦ Look at page 41…
On Land
 ___________________________ are huge towers of rock formed by the
collision of the Earths tectonic plates or by volcanoes.
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The worlds tallest mountain ________________________________,
located in south Asia’s Himalaya mountain ranges.
 It towers at 29,035 ft nearly ______________ miles high.
 In contrast, plains and plateaus are mostly ________________. What makes
them different from one another is their __________________________.
◦ ___________________ are low lying stretches of flat or gently rolling
land.
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_________________________ are also flat but have a higher elevation.
Between mountains and hills lie ____________________. A valley is a
long stretch of land lower than the land on either side.
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___________________ are steep sided lowlands that rivers have cut through the
plateau.
 One of the most famous canyons is the Grand Canyon in Arizona. For millions of
years, the Colorado river flowed over a plateau and carved through rock, forming
the famous canyon.
 An ___________________is a narrow piece of land that connects two larger
pieces of land.
 A ________________________ is a piece of land with water on three sides. (Ex:
Florida)
 A body of land smaller than a continent and completely surrounded by water is an
____________________________.
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Under the Oceans
 Off each coast of a continent lies a plateau called a continental shelf that stretches
for several miles underwater. At the edge of the shelf, steep cliffs drop down to
the ocean floor.
 Tall mountains and very deep valleys line the ocean floor. Valleys here are called
_____________________ and they are the lowest spots in the Earths crust.
 The deepest one in the western pacific is called the Marianna Trench. This trench
plunges 35,840 feet.
 How deep is this?? If Mt Everest were placed into this trench the mountain would
have to grow 1.3 miles higher just to reach the oceans surface.
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Landforms and People
 Why do people decide to live in a particular area?
◦ _________________ is the average temperature and rainfall of a region is
one reason.
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The availability of ____________________________ is another reason.
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People settle where they can get freshwater and where they can grow food,
catch fish, or raise animals.
Bodies of Water
 About ________ percent of the Earths surface is water. Only a small percentage
of this water is drinkable or _________________________.
 A ____________________ is a narrow body of water between two pieces of land.
 A wider passage is called a _____________________.
 The mouth of a river is where it empties into another body of water. As before
rivers carry soil and sand they eventually deposit this soil at the mouth, which
builds up over time to form a _____________________.