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LANDFORMS
The Earth
30% LAND
70% WATER
Continents
• The largest landform
• There are SEVEN (7) Continents
Asia
Africa
North America
South America
Antarctica
Europe
Australia
Asia
Africa
North America
South America
Antarctica
Europe
Australia
Topography
• The shape and elevation of the Earth’s terrain
What is visible from air or space
Islands
• Land completely surrounded by water
Aruba
Archipelago
• A chain of Islands
Peninsula
• Land surrounded by water on THREE (3) sides
Isthmus
• Small stretch of land connecting larger bodies of land
North America
South America
Plain
• A broad flat
area of land
Plateau
• Elevated flat land
Mountains
• Land that rises steeply