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three types of landforms
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plain, plateau and mountains
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plains
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are large flat areas found in the intior regions of continents the two types of plains are coastal plains and interior plains
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Costal plains
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called lower land because it is lower in elevatin or distance above sea level
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three types of landforms
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plain, plateau and mountains
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plains
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are large flat areas found in the intior regions of continents the two types of plains are coastal plains and interior plains
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interior plains
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It is a flat grassy aria with few trees an example is the centrial part of united states contains interior plains
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Costal plains
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called lower land because it is lower in elevatin or distance above sea level
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plataeus
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are flat raised areas of land mad up of horrizontal rocks that have ben up lifted by force within Earth
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interior plains
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It is a flat grassy aria with few trees an example is the centrial part of united states contains interior plains
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plataeus
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are flat raised areas of land mad up of horrizontal rocks that have ben up lifted by force within Earth
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mountains
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the four types of mountains are folded, upwarped, fault-block and volcanic mountains
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folded mountains
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rocky layer folded like a rug that has been pushed up against a wall
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upwarped mountains
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formed when block of earths crust are pushed up by forces inside earth
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fault-block mountains
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are made of huge tilted blocks of rock that are seperated from surounding rocks by fault.
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volcanic mountans
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begin to form when moltin materials reaches the surface through a weack aria threw the crust.
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latitude and longitude
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is a grid system that allows people to locate any place on earth accurately
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latitude
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or parallels
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equator
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line that cuts the earth in hafe
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longitude
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refures to the distance in digrease east or of the prime maderine
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prime marrideine
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a imagenary line that represents 0 digerease longitude
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