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  • A flat terrain that is elevated above the surrounding area, usually higher than 500 m. above sea level.
    Plateau
  • Name of the theory
    Continental drift
  • A flat and deep surface (4000 m.) in the ocean floor.
    Abbysal plain
  • A group of islands.
    Archipielago
  • What is that?
    Fault
  • Earthquakes scale
    Ritcher
  • A hill of sand formed by the wind.
    Dune
  • Smaller streams and rivers that flow into a main river.
    Tributary
  • Extension of the continent under the sea waters (200 m. approximately)
    Continental shelf
  • The thin and solid outer layer of the Earth
    crust
  • 3 parts of a Volcano
    Open
  • A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake
    Delta
  • A high, steep vertical surface of rock, usually caused by the movement of the waves.
    Cliff
  • A portion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land
    Gulf
  • A large mass of ice that moves very slowly down a mountain or through a valley.
    Glacier
  • A hollow area in the earth with an opening to the outside.
    Cave
  • The pointed top of a mountain, usually sharp and narrow.
    Peak - summit
  • A large body of water surrounded by land
    Lake
  • A huge block of floating ice that has broken of a glacier.
    Iceberg
  • Mountain building processes.
    Orogeny
  • What is that?
    Tsunami
  • Name...
    Meander
  • A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
    Peninsula
  • A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas or a peninsula to the continent.
    Isthums
  • Point inside the Earth where there is a great explosion or rupture. Seismic waves started in this point.
    Hypocentre
  • A hot, dry, sandy region with little or no rain or water.
    Desert
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